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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 721

A RARE SQUARE -MEMBER 'HUANGHUALI' RECESSED -LEG TABLE (PINGTOUAN), 17TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 USD

A RARE SQUARE-MEMBER 'HUANGHUALI' RECESSED-LEG TABLE (PINGTOUAN)
17TH CENTURY
十七世紀 黃花梨夾頭榫平頭案

the well figured single board, tongue-and-grooved, floating panel set into a solid straight-edge frame of standard miter, mortise
and tenon construction with exposed tenons on either short side, supported underneath by five dovetailed transverse stretchers,
the elegantly splayed rectangular legs cut to house the plain straight apron and right-angled spandrels and joined by two square-
section stretchers

Height 32 in., 81.3 cm; Width 85½ in., 217 cm; Depth 21⅞ in., 55.6 cm

Provenance
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.
American Private Collection, 1998.

來源
嘉木堂，香港
美國私人收藏，1998年

Catalogue Note
Drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese architecture, the elegance of this classical table is evident in its enduring popularity
without changes made other than variations in dimensions to suit the household. Tables of this remarkably versatile form and size

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