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~605 十七世紀 黃花梨有束腰霸王棖馬蹄足方桌

A RARE HUANGHUALI SQUARE CORNER-LEG 來源
TABLE, FANGZHUO 恆藝館，香港
瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏
17TH CENTURY
The two-paneled top is set in a mitered frame above a plain waist and beaded apron. 在傳統中國家庭中為最常使用之桌案即為方桌，其形制對於用餐﹑娛樂﹑工作及
The whole is supported by ‘giant arm’s’ braces and raised on beaded legs of square 擺設均相當實用。本拍品使用霸王棖，取代一般較常見的羅鍋棖。可參考一黃花
section terminating in hoof feet. 梨有束腰霸王棖方桌，於紐約佳士得中國古典家具博物館館藏拍賣拍出，1996
年9月19日，拍品編號65。另一例為安思遠舊藏之黃花梨霸王棖方桌，現藏堪薩
32 in. (81.2 cm.) high, 34¬ in. (88 cm.) square 斯城納爾遜美術館。

$50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE

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

The most commonly used table in a traditional Chinese home was the square
center table, a versatile form that could be used for dining, entertainment, work and
display. The presence of the giant’s arm’s braces eliminated the need for the more
commonly seen humpback stretchers. Compare, a square huanghuali table also
with giant’s arm’s braces and carved with crisply beaded edge sold at Christie’s
New York, Important Chinese Furniture Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese
Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996, lot 65. Another square huanghuali
example, also with giant’s arm’s braces, was in the Robert Ellsworth Collection and
now at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City.