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A SMALL ‘YINGMU’-INSET ‘HUANGHUALI’ 十七 / 十八世紀 黃花梨嵌癭木夾頭榫帶屜板
RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE (PINGTOU’AN), 小平頭案
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
Height 27¾ in., 70.5 cm; Width 26⅜ in. 67 cm; 來源
Depth 15⅛ in., 38.4 cm 得於比弗利山莊，2000年代初
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Beverly Hills, early 2000s.
Artfully inlaid with an yingmu burl top, this small and
versatile table could have been used throughout the
scholar’s studio for a variety of purposes. The small shelf,
joined at mid-height to the legs, could have handily held
writing accoutrement and other studio paraphernalia, and
its light form meant it could have easily been moved around
the room to suit its user’s needs. The form itself follows very
closely the traditional recessed-leg table (pingtou’an), with a
graceful splay to the legs and simple aprons and spandrels
below the top frame. The present work is distinguished by
the elegant molding around the outside edge of the top
frame, and by the yingmu burl inset into the frame. Compare
the present example to a similar small pingtou’an formerly in
the personal collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung, sold in
our London rooms, 8th December 2022, lot 306.
◉ $ 60,000-80,000

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