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The recessed-leg table is one of the most well-known and 平頭案為經典之明式家具，質樸簡練，清新雋永。其設計源自古代中國
recognizable forms in classical Chinese furniture. Tables of this
elegant and restrained form trace their origins to the furniture 建築大木梁架的造型與結構，並後續衍生出更多形製。
design of the Song dynasty, and several variations on this type
are known. The basic proportions were adapted to make large 比較一類似十七/十八世紀黃花梨平頭案，見王世襄及柯惕思著
painting tables, smaller tables, benches and stools. Tables 《Masterpiecesfrom the Museum of Classical Chinese
of the size of the present table are generally referred to as Furniture》,芝加哥，1995年，114頁，圖版54號，後拍賣於紐約佳
painting tables.
士得，1996年9月19日，拍品75號（圖一）。另比較十七世紀一例，見
For a similar huanghuali recessed-leg table, see the 16th/17th RobertD. Jacobsen及NicholasGrindley著《Classical Chinese
century example illustrated by Wang Shixiang and Curtis
Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts》，明尼阿波利
Furniture, Chicago, 1995, p. 114, no. 54, later sold at Christie’s, 斯，1999年，122-123頁，圖版40號。
New York, 19 September 1996, lot 75 (fig. 1). Evarts also points
out that this basic form of table has been repeatedly depicted
in paintings, as well, from as early as the Song dynasty (960
- 1279). See, also, Robert D. Jacobsen and Nicholas Grindley,
Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, 1999, pp. 122-23, no. 40, for a similar painting
table dated to the 17th century.

fig. 1 The Museum of Classical Furniture Collection, sold at Christie’s
New York, 19 September 1996, lot 75
圖一 美國加州中國古典家具博物館藏品，拍賣於紐約佳士得，1996年9月19日，
拍品75號

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