Page 114 - Bonhams Cornette Saint Cyr, Property from the estate of Jean-Pierre Rousset (1936-2021)

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TRÈS RARE ET IMPORTANTE TABLE EN HUANGHUALI
SURMONTÉE D’UN PLATEAU EN PIERRE PORTANT UNE
INSCRIPTION
Fin de la dynastie Ming (XVIe/XVIIe siècle)
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE HUANGHUALI INSCRIBED
STONE-TOP TABLE
Late Ming Dynasty (16th/17th century)
Of rectangular form with a single floating purplish-grey and green
stone panel, likely duan stone, inscbied with a calligraphic inscription,
set in a mitred frame of mortise and tenon construction with moulded
edges, above straight waist and a plain apron, supported on four
legs of slender square section terminating in hoof feet and joined by
humpback stretchers, the well-grained lustrous wood of warm
amber-honey tone.
89cm (35in) high x 150cm (59in) wide x 58.7cm (23in) deep. The stone
98.2cm (38 5/8in) wide x 42.5cm (16 5/8in) long.
€120,000 - 150,000

Provenance:
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021), acquired in the 1980’s

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