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Ming Furniture, Selections from Hong Kong & London Gallery,
PROPERTY FROM A MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. no. 2.
The design of the present lot is inspired by nature and
A ‘HUANGHUALI’ RECTANGULAR SIDE archaism, its softy rounded edges imitating the bamboo or
TABLE cane furniture seen in Song Dynasty painting. The use of a rare
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY and expensive hardwood in imitation of a humbler material
speaks to the high-minded re nement expected of a Ming
the well- gured single board top set within a miter, mortise scholar. For further discussion see Ronald Longsdorf, “Chinese
and tenon frame of standard construction, with a double- Bamboo Furniture, Its History and In uence on Hardwood
cushion-molded edge, on legs of circular section joined by Furniture Design”, Orientations, January 1994, pp. 76-83.
half-round arched stretchers, wrapping around the corners,
enclosing interlocked double-ring struts, the underside with Ⴚ$ 80,000-120,000
three transverse stretchers
Height 34⅜ in., 87.3 cm; Width 37½ in., 95.2 cm; 2006
Depth 18⅞ in., 48 cm
PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 2006.
Ming Furniture Selections from Hong Kong London
Gallery 2000 2
IMPORTANT CHINESE ART 101
