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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
8050
A FINE HUANGHUALI LOW TABLE, KANGZHUO
17th century
The well-figured two-board top set into a mitre, mortise-and-tenon
frame supported by three transverse stretchers underneath, the frame
tapering inward to a narrow flat band over a recessed waist and
elegant apron carved from one piece of wood decorated with a central
beaded volute masked corner brackets, mitred, mortise, tenoned and
half-lapped to the cabriole legs.
19 x 39 x 26in (48.3 x 99.1 x 66.1cm)
US$15,000 - 25,000
Provenance
A private collection, Colorado
See a related kang table sold Bonhams New York, September 12,
2016, The John and Celeste Fleming Collection, lot 6010. As noted
there, historically these tables were used as lounging or work surfaces
on a larger platform, these tables were plated with small cabinets and
scholar's objects on the large kang.

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