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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ CORNER-LEG PROVENANCE half-table form examples are illustrated in
LOW TABLE (ZHUO) The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Collection of Troy L. Perkins (1905-1995), Palace Museum, Furniture of the Ming and Qing
Kentucky, acquired while serving as a United Dynasties, vol. 1, pls 74 (square) and 85 (half).
the top of standard miter, mortise and tenon States Vice Consul to China, circa 1940. The half-table example in the Palace Collection,
frame construction with a two-board, ush, Beijing features the same decorative motifs and
tongue-and-grooved, oating rectangular panel Inspired by the detachable Summer-Winter is of a similar width to the present example which
supported by three dovetailed transverse tables, this rare design is found in both square has been reduced in height.
stretchers, the molded edge of the frame with a and half-table formats. Unlike the dual usage
groove in the center and and tapering inward to Summer-Winter tables, the kangzhuo section is Ⴚ$ 20,000-30,000
end in a narrow at band, all above the recessed fanciful, an appealing concept that necessitated
waist and the curvilinear, beaded-edged apron, a lavish amount of expensive hardwood and Troy L Perkins 1905 1995
made of one piece of wood and exquisitely carved allowed the carvers an opportunity to display
with intertwining foliate motifs and confronting their joinery and decorative skills. For a Summer- 1940
chilong, half-lapped onto and mortised and Winter table see the example from the Dr. S.
tennoned into the legs, the upper section of each Y. Yip collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
full leg in the shape of a short cabriole leg, joined 7th October 2015, lot 118. Both a square and
to the apron by scrollwork spandrels, continuing
to the cylindrical lower section of each leg
Height 22 in., 55.8 cm; Width 41⅞ in., 106.4 cm;
Depth 25 in., 63.5 cm
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