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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ARCH. IGNAZIO VOK
2031
A LARGE AND VERY RARE HUAMU BURL-INSET HUANGHUALI
DEMOUNTABLE TRESTLE-LEG TABLE, QIAOTOU’AN
17TH CENTURY

The single-panel huamu top with abstract graining is enclosed in a
rectangular huanghuali frame, terminating in everted ends above fnely
beaded aprons and pierced, openwork spandrels. The whole is raised
on thick trestles ftted with openwork panels. The molded legs are
joined by low interlocking S-curved stretchers and ft into shoe feet.
32¬ in. (83 cm.) high, 81¡ in. (206.6 cm.) wide, 24√ in. (63.2 cm.)
deep

$400,000-600,000

PROVENANCE:

James Freeman, London.
Eskenazi, Ltd., London, 1998.

EXHIBITED:

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, Pure Form: Classical Chinese
Furniture: Vok Collection, 6 November 2004- 28 March 2005.

LITERATURE:

N. Grindley et al., Pure Form: Classical Chinese Furniture: Vok
Collection, Padua, 2004, pl. 29.

明末清初 黃花梨嵌樺木癭面翹頭案

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