Lot Essay
Compare a square bamboo motif kang table illustrated in In Pursuit of Antiquities: Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1995, p. 309, cat. no. 280.
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17TH CENTURY
Details
A HUANGHUALI BAMBOO-MOTIF KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO
17th century
The single panel top set within a wide frame with double-molded edge cleverly carved to simulate bamboo wrapping around the bamboo style corner legs of thick circular section, the spandrels also carved as bamboo
11in. (28cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) long, 24in. (61cm.) deep
17th century
The single panel top set within a wide frame with double-molded edge cleverly carved to simulate bamboo wrapping around the bamboo style corner legs of thick circular section, the spandrels also carved as bamboo
11in. (28cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) long, 24in. (61cm.) deep
Literature
Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S Y Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. 33, pp. 92-93.
Exhibited
Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 September-24 November, 1991.
Denver Art Museum, 1996-1999.
Denver Art Museum, 1996-1999.