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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 清十八世紀 天然木圓桌
A CIRCULAR ROOTWOOD TABLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 來源：
香港蘇富比2015年4月5日，編號2853
the thick circular flat-topped panel bordered with intertwining
roots, sturdily supported on an axis in the form of vigorously
gnarled roots branching out into three shorter legs, the wood
of a warm honey-brown colour
d. 91.5 by h. 84.8 cm, d. 36 by h. 33⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5th April 2015, lot 2853.

HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 52,000-77,500
For a related round table constructed from naturally shaped
wood from the Qing Court collection, see The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture of the
Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 241. For
a similar round rootwood table of which the top is made of
pieces of natural wood and the base of assembled roots and
branches, see Dr S.Y. Yip and Grace Wu-Bruce, Feast by a Wine
Table Reclining on a Couch, Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, 2007, cat. no. 37.

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