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A LARGE ‘HUANGHUALI’ CORNER- PROVENANCE
LEG TABLE (ZHUO)
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY Gump’s, San Francisco, 1940s.
San Francisco Private Collection.
the rectangular paneled top set within a miter, Ⴚ$ 30,000-50,000
mortise and tenoned frame with straight edge,
above an intricate openwork apron to either long Gump’s 1940
side of lotus blossoms, pads and pods borne
on meandering stems and a vertically-oriented,
similarly carved, reticulated panel secured within
convex molded frames with beaded edge set
to either short side, the beaded-edge, square-
section legs joined by straight stretchers, a long
pair towards the center and a single at each short
side
Height 31 in., 78.7 cm; Width 90½ in., 229.9 cm;
Depth 40 in., 101.6 cm
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