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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN                                            PROVENANCE

3282                                                                   Sold at Christie’s New York, 26 March 2003, lot 141

A ZITAN CORNER-LEG WAISTLESS TABLE,                                    Compare a similar huanghuali corner-leg table, but without ‘giant’s
TIAOZHUO                                                               arm’ braces, sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 1999, lot 66.
                                                                       See, also, a huanghuali corner-leg waistless table, sold at Christie’s
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY                             New York, The Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection of Fine
                                                                       Classical Chinese Furniture, 18 September 1997, lot 17.
Of simianping, ‘four sides flush’, austere and elegant form, the
paneled top enclosed in a rectangular frame, with ‘giant’s arm’        䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿炻2003⸜3㚰26㖍炻㉵⑩141嘇
braces of square section, the corner legs set at flush right angles to
the top and ending in low hoof feet.
31 ƒ in. (80 cm.) high, 27 ¿ in. (68.9 cm.) wide,
18 ¡ in. (44.1 cm.) deep

HK$350,000-450,000  US$46,000-58,000

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