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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
亞洲私人珍藏
~3022

A RARE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG
WINE-TABLE, JIUZHUO

LATE MING-EARLY QING PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
The table-top is set within a rectangular frame resting above cloud-
shaped aprons and spandrels, all resting on slightly splayed legs of
rectangular section, which are joined by a long stretcher to the front
and pairs of stretchers to the sides.
32æ in. (83 cm.) high, 54¿ in. (137.5 cm.) wide,
26 in. (66 cm.) deep
HK$1,200,000-2,000,000 US$160,000-260,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired in the 2000s
It is very rare to have a wine table with stretchers to the long side like the
present table. A softwood table of very similar shape with long stretchers
dated to the Hongwu period (1368-1398), excavated from the tomb of Prince
Zhu Tan (1370-1390), now in the Shandong Provincial Museum, is illustrated
by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early
Qing Dynasties, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 77. no B38 (fig. 1). Side tables
of this size and proportion were commonly used in daily activities, such
as for writing, displaying objects, and also dining, as shown on paintings,
illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. I, Hong
Kong, 1990, p. 55. Compare the size and the shape of the aprons to a Ming
dynasty huanghuali side table in the collection of the Palace Museum,
Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Beijing, 2002, p. 135,
pl. 115.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import
restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong
Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export
permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.

明末 / 清初 黃花梨酒桌
來源
於 2000 年代購藏
酒桌牙板下安橫帳的結構極為珍罕，一般橫棖多只見於兩側雙腿間。如此
獨特造型，具備早期傢俱風格。北京故宮博物院藏宋代佚名《槐蔭消夏圖》
繪近似造型；明初洪武朱元璋子魯王朱檀墓出土相同造型之酒桌，著錄於
王世襄《明式家具研究》，香
港，1990 年，卷二，78 頁，圖
B38 號（圖一）。以上兩例皆
非黃花梨，如本拍品之黃花梨
例子極為少見，對比另一尺寸
造型相若之明代花梨長方桌，
藏於北京故宮博物院，故宮博
物院藏文物珍品全集：明清家
具 〈上〉北京，2002 年，页
135，編号 115。
本拍賣品由黃檀屬的木製造而
成。從 2017 年 1 月 2 日起，所
有由黃檀屬的木製成的物品受
CITES 出入口管制。除非獲得
CITES 再出口許可，此拍賣品只
可運送至香港境內的地址或從我
們的香港拍賣場提取。請與專家
部門聯繫以瞭解詳情。
fig. 1
圖一
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