Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Property from a New England Private Collection
Auction Closed
March 17, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A 'huanghuali' waisted corner-leg long table (Zhuo)
17th century
十七世紀 黃花梨有束腰羅鍋棖馬蹄足條桌
the top of standard miter, mortise and tenon frame and flush, tongue-and-grooved, single lively-grained board floating-panel construction, supported underneath by six transverse stretchers, the molded-edge frame over a recessed waist and straight apron, the square-section legs terminating in hoof feet and joined by arched stretchers mortised and tenoned into the legs below the apron
Height 33 in, 83.8 cm; Width 79 in., 200.7 cm; Depth 20 in., 50.8 cm
Grace Wu Bruce, Ltd., London, 2001.
來源
嘉木堂,倫敦,2001年
The present table is notable for its large size, substantial elements, and beautifully grained single-panel top. Pleasing in proportions and elegant in form, tables of this type have been amongst the most admired since the late Ming dynasty as evident in their consistent popularity through subsequent periods. Huanghuali tables of this type include a smaller version, attributed to 1550-1650, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Craig Clunas, Chinese Furniture, London, 1988, pl. 33; one attributed to the early Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 97; another sold at Bonhams London, 11th May 2017, lot 329; a similar table attributed to the 18th century, sold in these rooms, 15th September 2010, lot 340; another attributed to the 18th/19th century sold in our London rooms, 7th November 2018, lot 120; and a related table of similar form and generous dimensions but later in date sold in these rooms, 23rd September 2020, lot 728.