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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 明十七世紀 黃花梨束腰霸王棖馬蹄足半桌
A HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR CORNER-LEG
WAISTED SIDE TABLE, BANZHUO 來源:
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 黎氏古玩,香港,1990年4月10日
the rectangular panel top inset within a mitred frame above 半桌,南方稱合仙,皆同樣意義。半桌,方桌之半;
a narrow waist, with S-shaped ‘giant’s arm’ braces extending 合仙,二合為八仙桌。據說半桌的古代用途是接上方
from the inside of each leg to the underside of the table, all
supported on four hoof feet 桌,令可供圍坐人數增加。
101.3 by 44.7 by h. 91 cm, 40 by 17½ by h. 35¾ in.
此桌桌面攢框裝板心,下有束腰,牙條以抱肩榫與腿
PROVENANCE 足接合,四腿內置霸王棖,與面心底部穿帶結合,腿
Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong, 10th April 1990. 足下展為馬蹄足。此桌以霸王棖連接桌面與腿,束腰
線條流暢,S形霸王棖使桌子均衡受力。造型簡潔明
◉ HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 77,500-104,000 快,束腰與腿足曲線優美,舒展有致,突顯窈窕之
態,為有束腰馬蹄足霸王棖之經典之作。
明朝崇禎刊本《吳騷和編》插圖中見一女子輕倚此類
桌子的場景(圖一)。
fig. 1
Illustration in Wu sao he bian [A combined collection of Sao songs from the Wu area], Ming dynasty,
Chongzhen period edition
圖一
明朝崇禎刊本《吳騷合編》插圖
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