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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG FAMILY COLLECTION 清 黃花梨夾頭榫平頭案
A HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU’AN
QING DYNASTY 來源：
陳勝記，香港
124 by 46 by 81 cm
PROVENANCE
Chan Shing Kee, Hong Kong.
◉ HK$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,700-64,500

Drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese wooden 典型平頭案設計源自古代中國建築大木樑架的造型與
architecture, the enduring elegance of this classical table is 結構。平頭案屬經典造型，流行廣泛，除按房宅大小
evident in its constant popularity through the generations 更改尺寸之外，造型基本不變。如斯造型，尺寸相當
with no changes made other than variations in dimensions to 之案可用作繪畫、書法或彈琴。其高而寬，且不帶踏
suit the household. Tables of this form and of this size were 腳棖，予以用者大量空間自由站立或坐下而作畫書
designed as surfaces on which to paint, practise calligraphy
or perhaps play the qin. The height, depth and absence of 寫。
high stretchers would allow an artist adequate space and
the ability to stand or sit and use the brush on a paper or silk 造型相若之類例，可見於王世襄《中國傢具賞鑒—明
surface. 代與清代早期》，香港，1990年，圖版B81。尚有一
畫案例，錄於伍嘉恩，《楮檀室夢旅：攻玉山房藏明
For other tables of this form, see Wang Shixiang,
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Ming and Early Qing 式黃花梨家具》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1991
Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pl. B81 and a painting table 年，編號22，後售於香港蘇富比2015年10月7日，編
illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber 號130。另可參照英國維多利亞與艾爾伯特博物館藏
and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood, The Dr. S. Y. Yip 一例，收錄於柯律格，〈英國維多利亞與艾爾伯特博
Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. 物館．東亞系列．中國家具〉，倫敦，1988年，頁46
no. 22 and sold in our Hong Kong rooms 7th October 2015, 。
lot 130. See also another similar example in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Craig Clunas, Chinese
Furniture, Victoria and Albert Museum Far Eastern Series,
London, 1988, p. 46.

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