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92 TP Y
A HUANGHUALI AND HONGMU WINE TABLE, JIUZHUO
17th century
The two-panel top set within a rectangular frame with moulded edge
above plain aprons and spandrels. The whole is supported on thick
legs of rounded section joined by pairs of stretchers, with sections of
the apron probably later additions. 63.5cm (25 1/8in) high x 66.9cm
wide (26 2/8in) x 26.7cm (10 1/2in) deep
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY44,000 - 70,000
十七世紀 黃花梨紅木酒桌
Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent.
The collection was formed by the grandfather of the former owner
who was the Assistant Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police,
1919-1928. His father was a Protestant missionary in China. The family
returned to England shortly after the Second World War.

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今。本拍品前任藏家之祖父曾
於1919至1928年任上海公共租界工部局警務處副官，其父為一名新教
傳教士；第二次世界大戰爆發後，舉家回到英格蘭。
Notable for the subtle elegance of its form and the beautiful graining of
the wood, the present table is a remarkable example of its own type.
92 Due to the heavy use of jiuzhuo tables, which were lighter than other
types and used for a variety of purposes, such as writing, displaying
objects and even dining, more durable materials, such as stone or less
luxurious types of wood, were normally used as work surfaces. See
for example, a small serpentine-inlaid huanghuali wine table illustrated
by Wang Shixiang and C.Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum
of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995,
pp.94-95, no.44. For a discussion of wine tables see Wang Shixiang,
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties,
vol.1, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 54-56. Compare with a related huanghuali
wine table, 17th century, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7
April 2014, lot 3629; a larger huanghuali wine table, 17th century, was
sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1205.
93 TP Y
A PAIR OF HONGMU STOOLS, FANGDENG
18th century
Each with the wood seat formed by two rectangular panels enclosed
within a square mitre, mortise and tenon frame, with a moulded apron
resembling a rounded member, supported on thick cylindrical legs
joined by wrap-around humpback stretchers and openwork aprons
of two vertical posts. 47cm (18 1/2in) high x 55.5cm (21 7/8in) wide x
55cm (21 5/8in) deep (2).
£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 70,000
93 十八世紀 紅木方凳成對

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent.
The collection was formed by the grandfather of the former owner
who was the Assistant Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police,
1919-1928. His father was a Protestant missionary in China. The family
returned to England shortly after the Second World War.
來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今。本拍品前任藏家之祖父曾
於1919至1928年任上海公共租界工部局警務處副官，其父為一名新教
傳教士；第二次世界大戰爆發後，舉家回到英格蘭。

The form of the present stools was probably inspired by a Ming
dynasty prototype. For a huanghuali version of square stools, Ming
dynasty, see Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and
Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p.73. See also The Radiant Ming 1368-
1644: through the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015,
p.288, no.222.

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