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A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE CORNER-LEG TABLE A similar table, the apron also carved with scrolling dragons, is illustrated by
18TH CENTURY S. Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley and
Toronto, 2005, p. 167. See, also, M. Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo and
The paneled-top is set within the square frame above a narrow waist and
shaped aprons carved with chilong and scrollwork. The beaded, square-form New York, 1979, pl. 126, for a similar example dated to the late Ming period, in
legs terminate in hoof feet and are joined by humpback stretchers. the Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes Collection, Paris.
34¿ in. (86.7 cm.) high, 37º in. (94.6 cm.) square A huanghuali square table of similar proportions, carved on the aprons with
dragons and archaistic scroll, is in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
$30,000-50,000 The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 54 - Furniture
of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, p. 98, no. 86, where
it is dated to the Qianlong period. A huanghuali square table of similar
proportions, carved with chilong on the aprons, was sold at Christie's New
York, 25 September 2020, lot 1646.

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