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362 TP Y
A HONGMU AND BURLWOOD LOW CIRCULAR TABLE
19th century
The table with a fine burlwood top set within a circular frame above a
narrow waist and cusped, beaded aprons finely carved with archaistic
chilong designs, the whole raised on beaded ruyi cabriole legs ending
in upturned feet.
100cm (39 3/8in) diam. x 36cm (14 1/8in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
十九世紀 紅木嵌癭木圓矮几

This unusual circular table was probably used to support a large
vessel or drum. Compare with a similar low circular stand, supported
on cabriole legs and carved with lion masks and scrolling tendrils,
illustrated by R.H.Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: One Hundred
Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York,
1996, pp. 124-125, no. 42.

Compare with a related huanghuali circular low table, 18th/19th
century, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 19 March 2021,
lot 835.

363 Y
A LARGE HUANGHUALI SCROLLPOT
Qing Dynasty/Republic Period
Of cylindrical form, finely hollowed with thick sides, gently waisted, the
363 recessed foot with plug, the wood of dark chocolate-brown tone with
attractive graining.
26.5cm (10 3/8in) diam.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 53,000

清/民國 黃花梨大筆筒
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