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THE PAN-ASIAN SIDE TABLE
~624

A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI
WAISTLESS FLUSH-CORNER-LEG
SIDE TABLE, SIMIANPING

17TH-18TH CENTURY
The single-panel top is set within a rectangular frame
with concave edge above concave stretchers issuing from
cloud-form spandrels and framing upright simplifed ruyi
heads. The whole is raised on similarly carved legs of square
section terminating in hoof feet.
32¬ in. (82.9 cm.) high, 54¡ in. (138.2 cm.) wide,
20¿ in. (51 cm.) deep
$200,000-300,000

PROVENANCE

The Pan-Asian Collection, New York.
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

EXHIBITED

On loan: Denver Art Museum, 1973-1981. (loan number
2.1973)

LITERATURE

Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture - Hardwood Examples
from the Early Ming and Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, p, 168,
no. 67.

明末/ 清十八世紀 黃花梨如意雲紋四面平式條桌
來源
Pan Asian Collection，紐約
安思遠，紐約
瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏
展覽
借展：丹佛美術館，1973-1981年 (借展編號 2.1973)
文獻
安思遠，《中國傢俱：明清硬木傢俱實例》，編號67

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