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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
COLLECTION
A ‘HUANGHUALI’ DOCUMENT BOX AND
A ‘HUANGHUALI’ BRUSHPOT (BITONG)
QING DYNASTY COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
the cylindrical body slightly waisted at the center and
encircled by two raised fillets just below the midpoint, the the well-figured rectangular top panel above straight sides
foot and base each subtly recessed ending in a beaded edge, repeated on the lower section,
Height 4¾ in., 12 cm huangtong ruyi-form mounts to all four top corners,
rectangular metal straps to the sides, hinges, bail handles,
PROVENANCE and circular lockplate with cloud-form hasp, elm wood base
panel
M.D. Flacks, Ltd., New York.
Height 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm; Width 13⅞ in., 35.2 cm;
LITERATURE Depth 8¼ in., 21 cm
M.D. Flacks, Brushpots, New York, 2008, pl. 19.
◉ ⊖ $ 8,000-12,000
◉ $ 8,000-12,000
清十八 / 十九世紀 黃花梨蓋盒
清 黃花梨筆筒

來源 217
M.D. Flacks, Ltd.，紐約
A ‘HUANGHUALI’ WAISTED CORNER-LEG 216
出版 TABLE (BANZHUO)
M.D. Flacks，《Brushpots》，紐約，2008年，圖版19 LATE QING DYNASTY
214 the top of standard miter, mortise and tenon frame and
flush, tongue-and-grooved, double-board floating-panel
215 construction supported by three dovetailed transverse
stretchers underneath, the short rails of the frame top with
PROPERTY OF A LADY exposed tenons, the beaded molded edge of the frame over
a recessed waist and beaded-edge straight apron, the legs
A MING-STYLE ‘HUANGHUALI’ CORNER-LEG with inner beaded-edge tenoned to the mitered frame and
TABLE (TIAOZHUO) terminating in hoof feet and joined by arched stretchers
LATE QING DYNASTY mortised and tenoned into the legs below the apron
Height 32½ in., 82.6 cm; Width 38¾ in., 98.4 cm; Depth
of standard miter, mortise and tenon construction, the 19⅛ in., 48.6 cm
two-board floating panel top set into a molded edge frame,
supported by four transverse stretchers underneath, above PROVENANCE
a recessed waist carved with double-fillets and stylized Collection of Frederick T. Fuller
bi-discs in low relief and a shaped, beaded-edge apron Collection of Jack Faxon (1936-2020).
carved with archaistic hooks and scrolls, all raised on
square-section beaded-edge legs, ending in hoof feet
Height 32½ in., 82.6 cm; Width 72 in., 182.9 cm; ◉ $ 20,000-30,000
Depth 17¼ in., 45.1 cm
清末 黃花梨有束腰羅鍋棖馬蹄足半桌
PROVENANCE
American Private Collection, acquired in China prior to 1949, 來源
and thence by descent.
Frederick T. Fuller 收藏
Jack Faxon (1936-2020) 收藏
◉ $ 30,000-50,000
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清末 黃花梨雕仿古紋有束腰馬蹄足條桌

來源
美國私人收藏，1949年之前得於中國，此後家族傳承

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