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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTOR
A ‘HUANGHUALI’ LOW TABLE
(KANGZHUO)
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
with well- gured three-board oating paneled top
mitered, mortised and tenoned to the rectangular
frame, and supported on the underside by three
transverse stretchers, the frame tapering inward
terminating in a beaded edge above a narrow
recessed waist and lively scrolling and beaded
apron, all supported on four square-section
cabriole legs ending in inward scrolled feet
Height 11½ in., 30 cm; Width 38⅜ in., 97.5 cm;
Depth 24½ in., 62.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Henri Vetch (1898-1978), Hong
Kong.
Acquired directly from the above in the 1940s in
Hong Kong, and thence by descent.
Ⴚ$ 30,000-50,000
Henri Vetch 1898 1978
1940
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