A HUANGHUALI 'KANG' TABLE LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

the waisted rectangular mitered top with a floating panel and molded edge, above a beaded and shaped apron, all raised on squared section cabriole legs terminating in everted hoof feet, the underside with a pair of transverse brackets

Collection of LaRue Robbins Lutkins (1919-2011). 

There has been minor shrinkage to top, the transverse braces likely replaced at an early date and with minor chips and losses. The joins have been consolidated and there are repaired breaks where the legs meet the frame.
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Similar examples of this elegant subtle form are illustrated by Gustav Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong, 1972, pl. 2, and by Craig Clunas in Chinese Furniture, London, 1987, p. 62. A kang of similar dimension and form, but with more ornately figured feet, formerly from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 19th September 1996, lot 45 and was published by Sarah Handler who discusses the form in detail in her article, 'On a New World Arose the Kang Table', Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Summer 1992, p. 35, fig. 19.