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A LARGE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG
PAINTING TABLE, HUA AN
The table with a large single-panel top
set above thick plain-shaped aprons and
spandrels butted into straight legs, raised
on straight legs of rounded section joined by
pairs of stretchers.
202cm (79 1/2in) long x 84cm (33in) high x
37cm (14 1/2in) deep.
£12,000 - 15,000
CNY110,000 - 140,000
黃花梨大平頭案
Provenance: a British private collection
來源:英國私人收藏
Compare with a related huanghuali recessed-
leg altar table, 18th century, which was sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012,
lot 2028.
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A HUANGHUALI AND BURLWOOD-INSET
SQUARE TABLE, BANZHUO
19th century
The table with the top burlwood panels set
within the wide, square frame with double-
reeded edge, the whole raised on thick legs of 33
rounded section joined by straight stretchers
framing three reticulated, beaded panels
separated by vertical struts. The form of the present table, with aprons
90cm (35 1/2in) high x 89.5cm (35 2/8in) inset with reticulated panels, can be found
deep x 86.5cm (33 7/8in) wide. in huanghuali and zitan furniture of the early
to mid-Qing dynasty, and the form occurs
£8,000 - 12,000 in both square and rectangular tables. This
CNY72,000 - 110,000 shape of the present table is illustrated by
Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Compare with a related huanghuali square
十九世紀 黃花梨嵌癭木半桌 Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol.1, table, 18th/19th century, which was sold at
Chicago, 1990, p.131 and vol.2, p.79, B41. Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 151.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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