A huanghuali side table, pingtou'an, 17th century | 十七世紀 黃花梨夾頭榫平頭案

Collection of George N. Kates (1895-1990).

R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 21st October 2003.

喬治．凱茲（1895-1990年）收藏

安思遠，紐約，2003年10月21日

Drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese wooden architecture, the enduring elegance of this classical table is evident in its constant popularity through the generations with no changes made other than variations in dimensions to suit the household. 

For tables of this form, see a larger example illustrated in Wang Shixiang, Mingshi jiaju yanjiu / Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pl. B81; and a painting table illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood, The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. no. 22 and sold in these rooms, 7th October 2015, lot 130.

George N. Kates (1895-1990), best known for his memoir of 1930s life in Beijing, The Years That Were Fat, Peking 1933-1940, was a leading American scholar on Chinese culture and decorative arts. He wrote the influential first Western study of Chinese classical furniture, Chinese Household Furniture, and amassed an impressive collection of Chinese furniture, which formed a solo exhibition in the Brooklyn Museum, New York, in 1946, where he later acted as the Asian Curator from 1947 to 1949.

夾頭榫平頭案，取思自中國古代木構建築，簡約大方，是以經年歷月，風行不減，有製尺寸略異之例，以配

合家居需要。參考一同式但尺寸較大之平頭案，收入王世襄，《明式家具研究》，香港，1990年，圖版B81。

平頭畫案例，見伍嘉恩，《攻玉山房藏明式黃花梨家具：楮檀室夢旅》，香港，1991年，編號22，2015年10月

7日在香港蘇富比拍出，編號130。

美國人喬治．凱茲（1895-1990年）乃重要中國文化及工藝研究學者，著有名作《豐腴年華》，記錄三十年代

的北京生活。他也著有專書《Chinese Household Furniture》，乃首個西方重要中國家具研究。其中國家具收藏

甚豐，1946年紐約布魯克林博物館曾為此舉行特展，後來在1947-49年他更在該館出任館長，專責亞洲藝術部

分。