A RARE HUANGHUALI JI TABLE, TIAOJI

LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Details

A RARE HUANGHUALI JI TABLE, TIAOJI
Late 16th/early 17th century
The handsomely figured plank top joined to the solid plank legs carved with wide, flat beaded upright lingzhi in a rectangular open panel, with applied oval-section stretchers at the base to form the incurved feet, and thumb-molded openwork corner stretchers echoing the edges of the top, legs and feet
17in. (43.3cm.) high, 38in. (96.7cm.) wide, 12¾in. (32.5cm.) deep

Literature

The Hong Kong Museum of Art, In Pursuit of Antiquities: Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 273, cat. no. 245.
Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr. S Y Yip Collection of Classical Chinese Furniture II, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 86-87, cat. 14.

Exhibited

Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1995-1996.
Institue of Contemporary Arts, London, 18-24 November, 1999.
National Heritage Board, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 1996-1999.

Further details

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Lot Essay

This type of low table was often used as a lute table (qinzhuo), with the player sitting on the floor.
Compare this ji table to a larger example with oval-shaped openings in a Beijing collection, illustrated in Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, London, 1986, pl. 92.

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