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~668

A SMALL HUANGHUALI
RECESSED-LEG
SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU’AN

17TH CENTURY
The paneled top is set within a rectangular frame,
above plain aprons and spandrels. The whole is raised
on legs of round section and joined at the center by a
single shelf.

31Ω in. (80 cm.) high, 27Ω in. (69.9 cm.) wide,
15 in. (38.1 cm.) deep

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE

Ever Arts Gallery, Hong Kong.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

Compare the present table to a huanghuali side table,
also with an integral shelf, from the collection of Mr.
and Mrs. James Biddle, illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth
in Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming
and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 173, no.
72. See, also, a small recessed-leg table with a single
shelf from The Lai Family Collection, sold at Christie’s
New York, 17 September 2015, lot 914, as well as an
example with everted rims, from The Collection of
Robert Hatfeld Ellsworth, sold at Christie’s New York,
18 March 2015, lot 118.

十七世紀 黃花梨夾頭榫帶屜板小平頭案

來源
恆藝館，香港
瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏

同類帶屜板平頭案可參考約翰·比度(John Biddle)
伉儷所藏一例，載於安思遠(Robert H. Ellsworth)
《中國家具：明清硬木實例》(Chinese Furniture:
Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early
Ch’ing Dynasties)，紐約，1971年，173頁，編
號72。 另可參考黎氏家族珍藏一帶屜板小平頭案，
於紐約佳士得拍出，2015年9月17日，拍品編號914
，以及安思遠故藏帶屜板小翹頭案，於紐約佳士得拍
出，2015年3月18日，拍品編號118。