清十八世紀 黃花梨獨板面翹頭案

the solid rectangular top terminating in everted flanges, above a plain beaded apron extending into simple C-shaped scrolls at the spandrels, the square-section legs secured by two pairs of cross braces divided by a recessed open panel and above a cusped apron

1980年代末/1990年代初購自黑洪祿，香港

The altar table is in good condition with the exception of patching to the top back section of one leg, possible replacement of both internal aprons, a small patch to one spandrel, a 12cm., wide max patch to the side of one end of the top (4.5cm. long narrow visible section to the top surface) and minor surface scratches and wear commensurate with age.
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本案造型沉穩典雅而不失輕靈，獨板案面一木連做，牙條亦然，沿邊起線，檔板鏤空長方開光。案面兩端圓邊翹頭，既為美觀，亦可隱藏尾端木紋。西方多稱本品形為供桌，用途多樣，寫字、作畫、及陳列古董皆宜，亦可作家居祭壇供桌，置於較大之長方桌前，擺放之法可見於福建泉州朱氏祠堂，Gustav Ecke攝於1927年，圖見《Chinese Domestic Furniture》，拉特蘭，1962年，圖版161。

可參考一長方形桌例，兩端翹頭，檔板鏤空，出自Walter Fuchs收藏，出處同上，圖版61；另一例尺寸較小，北京故宮博物院收藏，載於《A Treasury of Ming and Qing Dynasty Palace Furniture》，北京，2007年，卷1，圖版309；倫敦蘇富比亦曾售一例，1984年5月4日，編號63；再比一例，售於紐約蘇富比1984年10月13日，編號391。另可參考兩例，其一圖見王世襄，《Classic Chinese Furniture. Ming and Early Qing Dynasties》，倫敦，1986年，圖版 103; 其二售於紐約蘇富比1988年10月19/20日，編號553。