17TH CENTURY

Details

A Small Huanghuali and Huamu Waisted Corner-Leg Side Table, Banzhuo
17th century
The fine-grained huamu panel set within a waisted broad frame, the beaded aprons flush with the legs joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in hoofed feet
33¾in. (85.7cm.) high, 39¾in. (101cm.) wide, 19½in. (49.5cm.) deep

Further details

Woodblock print illustration of a waisted corner leg table from Zhongguo gudai banhua congkan erbian, vol. 7, Shanghai, 1994, p. 58.

Lot Essay

Compare the huanghuali table of this form, but waistless, sold in these rooms, 18 September 1997, lot 17. A table of similar style and proportions is illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, New York, 1971, pl. 66. The term banzhuo or 'half-table' is typically given to tables of this type without long surfaces; often they would be placed beside longer tables to create a larger top for eating or working.

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