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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1201 A JICHIMU TRESTLE-LEG TABLE, PINGTOU’AN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

The thick, single-panel top carved with molded edge above a beaded
apron and beaded ruyi-form spandrels, and raised on trestle legs set into
shoe feet and enclosing openwork panels carved with scrolling lingzhi
35º in. (89.5 cm.) high, 101 in. (256.5 cm.) long, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) deep
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE
The Sterling Collection, Hawaii (according to label).
The Collection of Alice Boney, New York.
Johnstone-Fong, Inc., Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 1036.
LITERATURE
Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections,
Honolulu, 1982, p. 51, pl. 25.
十七/十八世紀 雞翅木如意夾頭榫平頭案

As published by Honolulu Academy of Art. ©Honolulu Academy of Art, photo by Raymond Saton.

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