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THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH
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A VERY RARE WAISTLESS HUANGHUALI FLUSH CORNER-LEG SIDE TABLE, SIMIANPING
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The table is of ‘four-corners fush’ form, with single-panel top set within the wide rectangular
frame above a plain beaded apron and beaded stretchers issuing from cloud-form spandrels
and framing upright simplifed ruyi heads, all raised on similarly beaded legs of square section
terminating in hoof feet.
33¿ in. (84.1 cm.) high, 38Ω in. (97.8 cm.) wide, 20æ in. (52.7 cm.) deep
$200,000-300,000
PROVENANCE
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1984.
LITERATURE
A. Martin, “American Mandarin,” Connoisseur, November 1984, p. 95.
明十七世紀 黃花梨四面平式長方桌
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