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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE HUANGHUALI
TABLE, BANZHUO
MING DYNASTY, 16TH – 17TH CENTURY
the top of standard mitre, mortise and tenon frame
construction, the edge of the frame moulding downward and
inward to an undulating flange simulating the edges of a lotus
leaf, all above the shaped, beaded-edged apron exquisitely
carved on the longer sides with a pair of phoenix soaring
amidst ruyi cloud scrolls and flanking the sun, the shorter
sides skilfully decorated with birds perched on floral sprigs,
all resting atop four cylindrical legs terminating in baluster
feet and joint to the apron and underside of the tabletop with
spandrels carved in the form of sinuous dragons and ruyi-
shaped braces
104.5 by 64.4 by h. 86.7 cm, 41⅛ by 25⅜ by h. 34⅛ in.
PROVENANCE
The Gangolf Geis Collection.
Christie’s New York, 18th September 2003, lot 23.
◉ HK$ 1,200,000-1,800,000
US$ 155,000-232,000

明十六至十七世紀
黃花梨雕龍鳳花鳥紋束腰矮桌展腿式半桌
來源：
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紐約佳士得2003年9月18日，編號23