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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT AND MEE-DIN MOORE
COLLECTION
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A RARE BLACK AND CINNABAR TIXI LACQUER
RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE, KANG
Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
The top carved with a mixed design of classic jiuhuan and scrolls,
the deep V-shaped channels with numerous elegant pommel scrolls
symmetrically interspersed with further scrolling designs, all above
a very narrow waist and short shaped apron with further scrolls that
continue down the simple in-curving legs.
21in (53.3cm) wide, Japanese box
$4,000 - 7,000
明 十六/十七世紀 剔犀如意雲紋炕桌

For a late sixteenth century example with cabriole legs, see a paper
given by Sir John Figgess, ‘Ming and Pre-Ming Lacquer in the
Japanese Tea Ceremony’, Oriental Ceramic Society Transactions,
1967-69, vol. 37, pl. 56d.

Another of more squat shape was offered at Christie’s, London, 9 July
1979, lot 92.

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