17TH CENTURY

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A RARE HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG TABLE
17TH CENTURY
The single-panel floating top is set into the molded, rectangular frame above a narrow waist and beaded apron. The whole is raised on tapering, beaded legs of square section terminating in hoof feet and joined by beaded humpback stretchers.
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 40 ¾ in. (103.5 cm.) wide, 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A closely related table of this form, of larger size (116.8 cm. wide), is illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, New York, 1971, pl. 66, and was sold at Christie's New York, 18 March 2015, lot 169. See another huanghuali corner-leg table of the same form, sold at Christie's New York, 17-18 March 2016, lot 1308, where it was dated 17th century.

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