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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

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A PAIR OF MASSIVE ZITAN TRESTLE-LEG TABLES
Each massive paneled top is set within a rectangular frame carved on the sides with a geometric diaper
between beaded borders and above the apron and shaped spandrels carved with archaistic scroll. The
whole is raised on trestle legs carved with geometric diaper and ftted into shoe feet.

35æ in. (88.3 cm.) high, 100 in. (354 cm.) long, 19æ in. (50.2 cm.) deep (2)
$300,000-500,000

Compare the present tables with an example in the collection of The Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated
by Hu Desheng in The Palace Museum Collection: A Treasury of Ming & Qing Dynasty Palace Furniture,
Beijing, 2007, p. 39, fg. 22, which the author describes as being an exemplary example of Suzhou
furniture.

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