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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF K’UNG HSIANG-HSI
2027
A HONGMU TRESTLE-LEG TABLE
The single-panel top set with everted ends above a plain, beaded
apron which continue to beaded, shaped spandrels. The whole is
raised on trestle legs with openwork panels, carved with mythical
beasts in a rocky landscape amidst scrolling clouds and set into shoe
feet.
32Ω in. (82.5 cm.) high, 62º in. (158.2 cm.) wide, 16¿ in. (40.9
cm.) deep
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection,
New York, and thence by descent within the family.
紅木鏤雕「麒麟吐書」圖翹頭案
(detail)
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