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A HUANGHUALI WAISTED CORNER-LEG SIDE TABLE,
TIAOZHUO
17th/18th century
Of rectangular form with a single floating panel set in a mitred frame
of mortise and tenon construction with moulded edges, supported
underneath by three transverse stretchers, above a short recessed
waist surmounting a plain beaded apron, supported on four beaded
legs of slender square section terminating in hoof feet and joined by
humpback stretchers.
137cm (54in) wide x 46cm (18 1/8in) deep x 85cm (33 1/2in) high.

HKD800,000 - 1,200,000
US$100,000 - 150,000

十七/十八世紀 黃花梨束腰馬蹄足長條桌

Provenance:
MD Flacks Limited, New York
Ever Arts Gallery, Hong Kong
A Hong Kong private collection

來源：
馬科斯‧弗拉克斯，紐約
恆藝館，香港
香港私人收藏

Well proportioned and elegantly designed, the current table captures 條桌黃花梨製，桌面打槽平鑲獨板面心，桌面狹長，下設三根穿帶
the essence of literati taste which has been admired since the late 支撐，窄束腰，細牙條。四腿間安羅鍋棖。供肩直腿，内翻馬蹄足。
Ming dynasty. Its simplicity, fluidity and well-balanced design, made 整體造像屬明式風格，惟四足內翻成馬蹄，意趣較晚，具清代風格。
possible by sophisticated joinery, allows for a minimal use of material
and elegant proportions. 此條桌比例協調，造型優雅，乃自晚明以來最受推崇之經典樣式之
一，後流行於歷代各朝。木匠通過精妙的榫卯拼接，結合束腰型桌
A related huanghuali table, 17th century, is in the Victoria and Albert 形結構設計，以最簡潔的設計呈現出最優雅的線條。
Museum, London, illustrated by C.Clunas, Chinese Furniture, London,
1988, no.48; another huanghuali table, 17th century, is illustrated 倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館藏一件十七世紀黃花梨條桌，著錄於
by Chen Zengbi, Central Academy of Arts and Crafts: Illustrations of Craig Clunas，《Chinese Furniture》，倫敦， 1988年，編號48；
collections , vol.2, Beijing, 1994, no.35. See another similar but larger 另見現藏清華大學美術學院一例十七世紀黃花梨條桌，著錄於《中
example, early Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in 央工藝美術學院珍品圖錄：第二輯：明式家具》，北京，1994年，
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture 編號35。另見北京故宮博物院清宮舊藏一例，斷代為清早期，著錄
of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Hong Kong, 2002, no.97, p.114. 於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：明清家具（上）》，香港，2002
年，編號97，頁114。
A very similar huanghuali table, 17th century, was sold at Bonhams
New York, 16 September 2016, lot 6011; and another similar 拍賣會曾出售類似之例，見紐約邦瀚斯曾出售十七世紀一例，2016
huanghuali table, 17th/18th century, was sold at Bonhams London, 年9月16日，拍品6011；另見倫敦邦瀚斯曾售出相似一例，2017年
11 May 2017, lot 329. 5月11日，拍品 329。

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