Lot Essay
Compare a huanghuali rectangular table of similar size, also without a waist, illustrated by G. Wu Bruce in Living with Ming: The Lu Ming Shi Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 98-99, pl. 15.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG WAISTLESS TABLE
17TH CENTURY
Details
A HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG WAISTLESS TABLE
17TH CENTURY
The rectangular frame encloses a single-panel, floating top with attractive grain, above plain aprons. The thick legs of square section terminate in hoof feet, and are joined by humpback stretchers.
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 18 in. (45.8 cm.) deep
17TH CENTURY
The rectangular frame encloses a single-panel, floating top with attractive grain, above plain aprons. The thick legs of square section terminate in hoof feet, and are joined by humpback stretchers.
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 18 in. (45.8 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 9-10 October 1987, lot 429.