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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG WAISTLESS TABLE
17TH CENTURY

The rectangular frame encloses a single-panel, foating top with attractive grain, above plain
aprons. The thick legs of square section terminate in hoof feet, and are joined by humpback
stretchers.
34º in. (87 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 18 in. (45.8 cm.) deep

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby’s New York, 9-10 October 1987, lot 429.

Compare a huanghuali rectangular table of similar size, also without a waist, illustrated by G. Wu
Bruce in Living with Ming: The Lu Ming Shi Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 98-99, pl. 15.

明末清初 黃花梨羅鍋棖長方桌

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