A WAISTLESS 'ZITAN' SIDE TABLE (TIAO ZHUO) QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of elegant form, the three board top within a rectangular frame, supported on four round recessed legs connected by a continuous lattice-pattern apron, very fine patina throughout

Acquired from Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris, 1960s.

In good overall condition using very good quality zitan wood. One of the top boards with a narrow gap where it joins to the other. One of the long boards on the top near the corner has a 5 inch crack in the wood. Very sturdy, good wear on the tips.
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A zitan table with similar lattice-pattern apron, but with extended flange brackets, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and attributed to the early Qing period, is illustrated in Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, vol. II, p. 92, fig. B71. See also a table similar to the aforementioned, formerly in The Gandolf Geis Collection of Fine Classical Furniture, sold at Christie's New York, 18th September 2003, lot 29.