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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN This simple, elegant form is one of the most frequently employed
in Chinese furniture construction. As it was so highly successful,
3284 numerous variations on the form exist, including waisted and waistless
examples, those with and without stretchers, and both square and side
A HUANGHUALI WAISTED CORNER-LEG SIDE tables.
TABLE, BANZHUO
Several examples are in both public and private collections. See C.
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Evarts, Liang Yi Collection: Huanghuali, Hong Kong, 2007, p. 121, no.
43 for an 18th century table of very similar form. Also see C. Clunas,
The three-panel top set within the rectangular frame with thumb- Chinese Furniture, London, 1988, p. 48, no. 33 for a huali example of
grooved edge, above a narrow, plain waist supported on a beaded this form in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, although
apron and beaded legs of square section terminating in hoof feet dated to the late Ming dynasty. A third example in huanghuali, dated to
and joined by humpback stretchers. the 16th-17th century, of waistless form, is illustrated by G.W. Bruce,
33 œ/”ÿ in. (84.9 cm.) high, 36 in. (92.7 cm.) wide, 18 ¬ in. (47.3 Living with Ming - the Lu Ming Shi Collection, 2000, p. 110, no. 23.
cm.) deep
HK$280,000-350,000 US$37,000-45,000
PROVENANCE
The Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, lot 378
伶⚳岥≺炷Arthur M. Sackler炸䍵啷
䲸䲬Ἓ⢓⼿炻2009⸜3㚰18㖍炻㉵⑩378嘇
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