17TH CENTURY

This simple, elegant form was one of the most frequently employed in Chinese furniture construction. Numerous variations on the form exist, including waisted and waistless examples, those with and without stretchers, and both square and side tables. Two similar but smaller tables, both with beaded aprons, were sold at The Marie Theresa L. Virata Collection of Asian Art: A Family Legacy; Christie’s New York, 16 March 2017, lot 651 (69.2 cm. wide) and Christie’s New York, 22 September 2023, lot 950 (94 cm. wide). See, also, an example with braces illustrated in N. Berliner, Beyond the Screen, Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries, Boston, 1996, p. 130-1.