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LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A LARGE AND RARE HUANGHUALI PORTABLE RECESSED LEG TABLE, DAPINGTOUAN
Late 16th/early 17th century
Of generous proportions, the table with a single-panel top above an 'ice-plate' edge, and supported on rectangular-section legs with butterflied corners, forming two trestle units double-tendoned to the underside of the top and removable, after which the two plain aprons with cloud-shaped spandrels are foldable flat against the underside of the top by means of extended dowels sliding along sockets on the table's end pieces
33¾in. (85.6cm.) high, 82in. (208.6cm.) long, 25in. (63.5cm.) deep
Late 16th/early 17th century
Of generous proportions, the table with a single-panel top above an 'ice-plate' edge, and supported on rectangular-section legs with butterflied corners, forming two trestle units double-tendoned to the underside of the top and removable, after which the two plain aprons with cloud-shaped spandrels are foldable flat against the underside of the top by means of extended dowels sliding along sockets on the table's end pieces
33¾in. (85.6cm.) high, 82in. (208.6cm.) long, 25in. (63.5cm.) deep
Literature
Wang Shixiang, Mingshi jiaju shi li zeng bu, Gugong bowuguan yuan kan, Beijing 1993, 59 qi.
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, pp.76-77, cat. 26.
Grace Wu Bruce, 'Examples of Classic Chinese Furniture 1. A Folding Table', Oriental Art, Winter 1990/91, New Series Vol. XXXVI No. 4, pp. 233-235.
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, pp.76-77, cat. 26.
Grace Wu Bruce, 'Examples of Classic Chinese Furniture 1. A Folding Table', Oriental Art, Winter 1990/91, New Series Vol. XXXVI No. 4, pp. 233-235.
Exhibited
Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 September-24 November, 1991.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 18-26 November, 1999.
Phoenix Art Museum, 1996-1999.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 18-26 November, 1999.
Phoenix Art Museum, 1996-1999.