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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
~964
A HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE, BLE,
PINGTOU’AN
17TH CENTURY
The two-panel top is set in a molded rectangular ular
frame above plain aprons and spandrels. The
whole is raised on slightly splayed legs of round nd
section, which are joined by pairs of stretchers.rs.
30æ in. (78.2 cm.) high, 61º in. (155.8 cm.) wide, de,
21æ in. (55.3 cm.) deep
$150,000-250,000

PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce.
The spare, economical lines of this design make make
it one of the classic forms of Chinese furniture. re.
The basic proportions were adapted to make e
large painting tables, smaller tables, benches and s and
stools. This form is referred to in the Classic of Lu of Lu
Ban as a ‘character one’ table due to its similarity larity
in profle to the single horizontal stroke of the e
Chinese character for ‘one’.

Compare a huanghuali recessed-leg table of
similar proportions and elegant splay to the
legs sold at Christie’s New York, The Lai Family mily
Collection of Fine Chinese Furniture and Works orks
of Art, 17 September 2015, lot 922. See, also, a o, a
slightly longer (165.6 cm.) huanghuali table with with
a single-panel foating top sold at Christie’s New New
York, 13-14 September 2012, lot 1343.
十七世紀 黃花梨夾頭榫平頭案

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