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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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AN IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE HUANGHUALI
TABLE, KANGZHUO
17th century
The rectangular paneled top with beaded edge, above the narrow waist
elaborately carved with a continuous foliate lingzhi fungus scroll above
the symmetrically-scalloped frieze carved in openwork with a central
cross-hatched motif flanked by lingzhi sprays, all raised on superbly and
intricately carved cabriole legs boldly carved in openwork with stylised
acanthus leaves curled over the ball foot supported on square pads, the
underside with traces of original clay and lacquer undercoating.
106.7cm (42in) wide x 71.1cm (28in) deep x 29.2cm (11 1/2in) high

HK$2,000,000 - 3,000,000
US$250,000 - 380,000

十七世紀 黃花梨捲草紋捲球足炕桌

Provenance:
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, by 1979
An important European private collection, acquired from the above
circa mid-1980s

Published and Illustrated:
R.H.Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and
Early Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1979, p.147, pls.39 and 39a.
S.Handler, ‘On a New World Arose the Kang Table’, Journal of the
Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Museum of Classical Chinese
Furniture, Summer 1992, p.36, fig.20

來源：
安思遠，紐約，1979年以前
重要歐洲私人收藏，於1980年代中葉從以上藏家獲得

出版及著錄：
安思遠，《Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early
Ch’ing Dynasties》，紐約，1979年，頁147，圖39及39a
S.Handler，”On a New World Arose the Kang Table”，刊登於《Journal
of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society》，中國古典家具博物館，
1992年夏，頁36，圖20

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