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A SMALL HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG
SIDE TABLE, PINGTOUAN
17TH CENTURY

The single-panel top is set within a
rectangular frame with beaded, ‘ice-place’
edge above plain aprons and spandrels. The
rounded legs are gently splayed and are
joined by huanghuali stretchers of convex,
beaded form which enclose a single-panel
nanmu shelf.
302 in. (76.6 cm.) high, 28Ω in. (72.4 cm.)
wide, 14º in. (36.2 cm.) deep

$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE:

Property from the Lai Family Collection.

The presence of integral shoulders in the legs,
carved to accommodate the single shelf, suggest
the shelf is original. Compare a similar table with
a shelf in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joan
Biddle, illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese
Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and
Early Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 173,
no. 72. See, also, a huanghuali recessed-leg side
table of similar proportions constructed with
integral shoulders in the legs and with everted
rims, from the Collection of Robert Hatfeld
Ellsworth, sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March
2015, lot 118.

明末清初 黃花梨帶屜板小平頭案

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