A FINE YUMU RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU'AN 18TH-19TH CENTURY
A FINE YUMU RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU'AN 18TH-19TH CENTURY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
China. The single-board top with gracefully up-turned scroll ends over a thumb-print edge, set above a plain apron and elegant cloud-collar spandrels and supported on four rounded and ridged legs, joined by two stretchers on each side.
Provenance: Egeskov Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, by 1992. Jorgen Ruben, acquired from the above. In the Jorgen Ruben Collection for 34 years.
Egeskov Fine Arts is a Copenhagen-based gallery specializing in Chinese and Japanese works of art, tribal art, early European works of art, and antiquities. The gallery also deals in Old Master paintings, nineteenth-century French and Scandinavian art, and selected contemporary works, serving an international clientele of collectors and institutions.
Jorgen Ruben is a Danish art dealer and collector who has been active for over four decades and is highly regarded in the fields of Asian art and classical antiquities. Raised in an art-conscious family, Ruben was exposed early to both modern painting and European decorative arts. He began working in the art trade in the mid-1970s, first with Persian rugs and later with antiques, while travels to Iran and a visit to Persepolis sparked his lasting interest in antiquity. After studies in Copenhagen and London, he worked in England with a dealer in early furniture, before travelling widely in Latin America and Asia, deepening his knowledge of regional art and culture. In 1984 Ruben opened a gallery in Copenhagen dealing in Asian antiquities. He was later active in London and, in the early 2000s, operated the Brussels gallery Classic Art. Much of his career, however, has been conducted privately from home, selling by appointment to collectors, galleries, and museums. Ruben has always bought selectively, choosing only works that deeply engaged him, and often keeping them for many years until placing them with a collector he felt truly understood them.
Important Note: For essential information on the
Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities including tiny nicks and few age cracks.
Weight: 9.6 kg
Dimensions: Size 77.5 x 104.1 x 41 cm
This small and elegant table is distinctive for the subtle openwork and carved designs of its spandrels. Tables of this type with cloud-shaped spandrels and double stretchers were produced with raised or straight ends, and of varying lengths from small side tables to sizable ones with ample surfaces for painting and viewing handscrolls.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related earlier huali altar table, dated 1550-1650, 32 x 55.7 x 195.5 cm, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number W.7-1969.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1326
Price: USD 35,000 or approx.
EUR 45,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A yumu painting table, hua'an, 17th/18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form and wood. Note the larger size (80.8 x 162.6 x 67.3 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 18 March 2015, lot 176
Price: USD 62,500 or approx.
EUR 78,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare jumu recessed-leg side table, pingtou'an, China, late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form and similar size (78.7 x 113 x 32.7 cm). Note the different wood.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2025, lot 290
Price: USD 10,160 or approx.
EUR 9,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small 'jumu' recessed-leg table (pingtou'an), Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form and similar size (76.5 x 99.1 x 46 cm). Note the different wood.
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A FINE YUMU RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU'AN 18TH-19TH CENTURY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
China. The single-board top with gracefully up-turned scroll ends over a thumb-print edge, set above a plain apron and elegant cloud-collar spandrels and supported on four rounded and ridged legs, joined by two stretchers on each side.
Provenance: Egeskov Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, by 1992. Jorgen Ruben, acquired from the above. In the Jorgen Ruben Collection for 34 years.
Egeskov Fine Arts is a Copenhagen-based gallery specializing in Chinese and Japanese works of art, tribal art, early European works of art, and antiquities. The gallery also deals in Old Master paintings, nineteenth-century French and Scandinavian art, and selected contemporary works, serving an international clientele of collectors and institutions.
Jorgen Ruben is a Danish art dealer and collector who has been active for over four decades and is highly regarded in the fields of Asian art and classical antiquities. Raised in an art-conscious family, Ruben was exposed early to both modern painting and European decorative arts. He began working in the art trade in the mid-1970s, first with Persian rugs and later with antiques, while travels to Iran and a visit to Persepolis sparked his lasting interest in antiquity. After studies in Copenhagen and London, he worked in England with a dealer in early furniture, before travelling widely in Latin America and Asia, deepening his knowledge of regional art and culture. In 1984 Ruben opened a gallery in Copenhagen dealing in Asian antiquities. He was later active in London and, in the early 2000s, operated the Brussels gallery Classic Art. Much of his career, however, has been conducted privately from home, selling by appointment to collectors, galleries, and museums. Ruben has always bought selectively, choosing only works that deeply engaged him, and often keeping them for many years until placing them with a collector he felt truly understood them.
Important Note: For essential information on the
Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities including tiny nicks and few age cracks.
Weight: 9.6 kg
Dimensions: Size 77.5 x 104.1 x 41 cm
This small and elegant table is distinctive for the subtle openwork and carved designs of its spandrels. Tables of this type with cloud-shaped spandrels and double stretchers were produced with raised or straight ends, and of varying lengths from small side tables to sizable ones with ample surfaces for painting and viewing handscrolls.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related earlier huali altar table, dated 1550-1650, 32 x 55.7 x 195.5 cm, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number W.7-1969.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1326
Price: USD 35,000 or approx.
EUR 45,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A yumu painting table, hua'an, 17th/18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form and wood. Note the larger size (80.8 x 162.6 x 67.3 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 18 March 2015, lot 176
Price: USD 62,500 or approx.
EUR 78,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare jumu recessed-leg side table, pingtou'an, China, late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form and similar size (78.7 x 113 x 32.7 cm). Note the different wood.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2025, lot 290
Price: USD 10,160 or approx.
EUR 9,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small 'jumu' recessed-leg table (pingtou'an), Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form and similar size (76.5 x 99.1 x 46 cm). Note the different wood.
Buyer's Premium
30%
