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19TH CENTURY
Details
A HONGMU AND ZITAN SIDE TABLE
19TH CENTURY
The panel top is finely inlayed with zitan and boxwood stripes arranged as wan ornaments, set within the rectangular hongmu frame, above a narrow waist. The aprons and legs are carved with archaistic scroll ends and taotie.
33 ¼ in. high x 42 5/8 in. wide x 16 7/8 in. deep (84.5 x 108.4 x 42.7 cm.)
19TH CENTURY
The panel top is finely inlayed with zitan and boxwood stripes arranged as wan ornaments, set within the rectangular hongmu frame, above a narrow waist. The aprons and legs are carved with archaistic scroll ends and taotie.
33 ¼ in. high x 42 5/8 in. wide x 16 7/8 in. deep (84.5 x 108.4 x 42.7 cm.)
Provenance
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.
Literature
R. Soame Jenyns and William Watson, Chinese Art: The Minor Arts; Gold, Silver, Later Bronzes, Cloisonné, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, Wood, New York, 1963, no. 188, pp. 402- 403.
R. Soame Jenyns and William Watson, Chinese Art II: Gold, Silver, Later Bronzes, Cloisonné, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, Wood, New York, 1980, no. 188, pp. 248-249.
R. Soame Jenyns and William Watson, Chinese Art II: Gold, Silver, Later Bronzes, Cloisonné, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, Wood, New York, 1980, no. 188, pp. 248-249.
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