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~2807                                               P R O V E N AN C E
                                                                Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong.
                                                                Judd C. Kinne Collection, Singapore.
          A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI                              Nicholas Grindley LLC, London, 1998.
          ‘CABRIOLE-LEG’ DAYBED, TA                           E XH IB I T E D

          MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY                     Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.
                                                              Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-
          The mat seat is enclosed within the wide rectangular frame carved   2019.
          with moulded edge and supported on a narrow waist, all above
          elegantly curved aprons. The whole is supported on thick cabriole legs   LI T E R A T U RE
          resting on very small chucks.                       Peter Lai and Sandra Lai, Classical Chinese Furniture: A Legacy of
          20 1/4 in. (52 cm) high, 83 1/2 in. (212 cm) wide,    Refinement, Hong Kong, 1992, p.18.
          44 7/8 in. (114 cm.) deep                           Sarah Handler, "Life on a Platform", JCCFS, 1993, p. 15, pls. 22
                                                              &22A.
          HK$1,500,000-2,500,000                              Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture,
          US$200,000-320,000                                  Berkeley, 2001, p. 118, pl. 8.16.



























































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