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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 此案取黃花梨木造各部件，渾厚圓實，乃明式經典， Fashioned with thick and round members of huanghuali, the Furniture, New York, 1948, pl. 30; another from the Haven
A HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, JIATOUSUN 垂範至今。邊抹以榫卯接面心，木紋相得益彰。此類 present table represents a classic Ming dynasty design, whose collection, is published in Dr Chu-Pak Lau, Classical Chinese
HUA’AN 桌案舊稱「一字桌」，結構清雅，光素無紋，如清水 popularity has continued to this day. Its top is constructed with Huanghuali Furniture, Hong Kong, 2016, pl. 30; and a larger
table was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition The
a mortise-and-tenon frame with two-board floating panels with
LATE MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY 出芙蓉，尤見木材天然韻致。該樣式屢見於宋畫，可 beautiful matching grain patterns. Known as ‘character one’ Radiant Ming 1368-1644, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong
知宋代已有。 tables, yi, tables of this form owe their success to their elegant Kong, 2015, cat. no. 227.
the long rectangular top set with a floating panel in a moulded
frame, above plain apron with short spandrels, supported on proportions and unadorned surfaces, which draw attention Tables of these proportions are often referred to desks or
slightly splayed legs of circular section, each pair of legs joined 一案與現例比例相當，古斯塔夫・艾克藏，載於 to the wood from which they were fashioned. The form was painting tables, as their conspicuous length and depth made
by two horizontal stretchers on the shorter sides George Kates，《Chinese Household Furniture》，紐 known from at least the Song dynasty (960-1279) as it is them ideal for painting or writing on long pieces of paper or
163.5 by 55 by h. 82 cm, 64⅜ by 21⅝ by h. 32¼ in. 約，1948年，圖版30；及一例，晏如居蓄，見劉柱柏醫 depicted on many scroll paintings of the period. silk. The design was highly popular and reproduced in a variety
生，《明式黃花梨家具—晏如居藏品選》，2016年， A table of similar proportions from the collection of Gustav of sizes as well as on benches and stools.
◉ HK$ 1,500,000-2,000,000 圖版30；另一案較大，收入敏求精舍展覽《日昇月 Ecke, is illustrated in George Kates, Chinese Household
US$ 194,000-258,000 騰：從敏求精舍藏品看明代》，香港歷史博物館，香
港，2015年，編號227。
明末至清初 黃花梨夾頭榫畫案
此類桌案長寬分明，尤宜鋪設紙絹長卷，以供書畫，
故常作書桌、畫案。該樣式廣為採用，大小尺寸，乃
至椅凳之類，見例層出。

fig. 1
Illustration in Lienu zhuan [Biography of women in
ancient China], Ming dynasty, Wanli period edition,
woodblocks carved by Qiu Ying
圖一
明萬曆刻本《列女傳》插圖，仇英刻圖