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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION Of pleasing proportions, the simple elegance of this classic
table has been among the most admired of late Ming dynasty
A ‘HUANGHUALI’ CORNER-LEG TABLE
forms. The narrow rectangular forms may be placed against
(BANZHUO)
a wall and used for display or pulled into the center of a room,
17TH CENTURY set back to back and form a square table suitable for games
or dining. The raised or ‘water-stopping’ edge along the top is
the top of standard miter, mortise and tenon frame, tongue-
a rare feature on this form and one that complements the " ne
and-grooved ! oating-single panel construction supported by beading along the apron and legs.
three dovetailed transverse stretchers underneath, two with
exposed tenons, the short rails of the frame top with further Ⴚ $ 50,000-70,000
exposed tenons, the beaded edge of the frame molding
downward and inward and ending in a similarly beaded edge, ɤɖ˰ߏ රڀૣϞҼ໐ᖯᒢ↋৵፡ԑࣲ̒
all resting on a recessed waist and straight beaded-edge
apron, all supported on square section legs beaded to the Ը๕
Ho Cheung Antique Furnitured࠰ಥd1993ϋ
inner edge, tenoned to the mitered frame and terminating in
well-drawn hoof feet, joined by beaded hump-back shaped
stretchers mortised and tenoned into the legs below the apron
Height 34¼ in., 87 cm; Width 37 in., 94 cm; Depth 20½ in.,
52.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Ho Cheung Antique Furniture, Hong Kong, 1993.

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