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The presence of ‘giant arm’s braces’ substitute the need for 本條桌高束腰，馬蹄足，以霸王棖替代常見的羅鍋棖，使條桌
the more commonly seen humpback stretchers. Compare to a
similar table formerly in the Grace Wu’s collection, illustrated in 造型更為簡練空靈。
Sublime and Divine, Chinese Ming Furniture, Hong Kong, 2014,
pp.88-91, later sold at Guardian Beijing, 17 May 2014, lot 4413. 比較一同有霸王棖的黃花梨條桌，見《器美神完：明式家具
精萃》，嘉木堂，香港，2014年，頁88-91，後拍賣於北京嘉
德，2014年5月17日，拍品4413號。
Detail from Ming dynasty woodblock print
illustration to the Classic of Lu Ban (Lu Ban jing)
明代《魯班經》木刻版畫插圖
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