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A 'HUANGHUALI' RECESSED-LEG PROVENANCE For other tables of this form, see Wang
TABLE (PINGTOUAN) Nicholas Grindley, London, November 2002. Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture,
LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY, Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. 2, Hong
17TH CENTURY LITERATURE Kong, 1990, pl. B81 and a painting table
Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu
the top of standard miter, mortise and tenon Steinberg Collection, Montreal, 2015, pl. 174. Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali
construction, enclosing a two-board floating Wood, The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic
panel supported underneath by four dovetailed The classic form of the present table has Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pl. 22 and
transverse stretchers, the edge of the frame historically been referred to as 'character sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 7th October
gently molded and beaded, the slightly splayed one' or yizizhuo. The Chinese word for 'one' is 2015, lot 130.
cylindrical legs double tennoned into the top written as a single horizontal stroke giving a
and cut to house the plain spandreled apron, graphic image of this type of very linear table. ◉ $ 60,000-80,000
each pair of legs joined on the short side by two The descriptive term of 'character one table
oval-sectioned stretchers type' (yizizhuo shi) is taken from the Wanli
Height 32 in., 81.3 cm; Width 54 in., 137.2 cm, period edition of the Lu Ban jing jiang jia jing, 明末 / 清初 十七世紀 黃花梨
Depth 21½ in., 54.6 cm [The Classic of Lu Ban and the Craftsman's
Mirror], named after the mythical patron of the 平頭案
carpenter's craft and containing information
on architectural woodwork and the making of 來源
furniture. Nicholas Grindley，倫敦，2002年11月

出版
Karen Thomson 編，《The Blema and H.
Arnold Steinberg Collection》，蒙特利
爾，2015年，圖版174

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