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A PAIR OF ‘HUANGHUALI’ 十七 / 十八世紀 黃花梨雕如意紋 PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE The present table is notable for its large size, 十七世紀 黃花梨有束腰羅鍋棖馬
HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS 圈椅一對 COLLECTION substantial elements, and beautifully grained 蹄足條桌
(QUANYI) A ‘HUANGHUALI’ WAISTED single-panel top. Pleasing in proportions and
17TH / 18TH CENTURY CORNER-LEG LONG TABLE (ZHUO) elegant in form, tables of this type have been 來源
amongst the most admired since the late Ming
17TH CENTURY 嘉木堂，倫敦，2001年
each with an expansive U-form three-segment dynasty as evident in their consistent popularity
crestrail terminating in gracefully outscrolled the top of standard miter, mortise and tenon through subsequent periods. Huanghuali
handgrips above shaped spandrels, the slightly frame and flush, tongue-and-grooved, single tables of this type include a smaller version, 展覽
bowed splat flanked by cusped upper edges lively-grained board floating-panel construction, attributed to 1550-1650, in the Victoria and 《中國古典家具：香港倫敦精選》，
and carved with a central ruyi-form medallion, supported underneath by six transverse Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Craig 嘉木堂，倫敦，2001年，編號7
the soft mat seat supported underneath by stretchers, the molded-edge frame over a Clunas, Chinese Furniture, London, 1988, pl.
two bowed transverse stretchers, set into recessed waist and straight apron, the square- 33; one attributed to the early Qing dynasty,
the rectangular molded edge frame, above a section legs terminating in hoof feet and joined from the Qing Court Collection and still in
vigorously shaped and beaded spandreled by arched stretchers mortised and tenoned into Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection
apron carved on the front with delicately the legs below the apron of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture
intertwining foliate motifs, the half-round legs Height 33 in, 83.8 cm; Width 79 in., 200.7 cm; of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Hong Kong,
joined by a footrail and stretchers of ascending Depth 20 in., 50.8 cm 2002, pl. 97; another sold at Bonhams London,
height (2) 11th May 2017, lot 329; a similar table attributed
Height 38 in., 96.5 cm; Width 23⅜in., 59.4 cm; PROVENANCE to the 18th century, sold in these rooms, 15th
Depth 18 in., 45.7 cm Grace Wu Bruce, Ltd., London, 2001. September 2010, lot 340; another attributed
to the 18th/19th century sold in our London
EXHIBITED rooms, 7th November 2018, lot 120; and a
◉ $ 40,000-60,000 related table of similar form and generous
Ming Furniture: Selections from Hong Kong &
London, Grace Wu Bruce, London, 2001, cat. dimensions but later in date sold in these
no. 7. rooms, 23rd September 2020, lot 728.
◉ $ 80,000-120,000

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