A HONGMU CORNER-LEG TABLE, TIAOZHUO 17th/18th century
A HONGMU CORNER-LEG TABLE, TIAOZHUO
17th/18th century
The table with a rectangular top set within a wide frame above waisted plain aprons, all raised above square-section legs joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet.
95cm (37 3/8in) high x 68.7cm (27in) long x 48.2cm (19in) deep.
十七/十八世紀 有束腰羅鍋棖馬蹄足紅木條桌
Provenance: an English private collection
Notable for the simplicity of its design and the elegance and lightness of the form, the present table would have been centrally placed within a scholar's studio. Their broad surface could easily accommodate the accoutrements typically associated with the scholar, such as a brush, an inkstone, a waterpot, a brushpot, and even a small scholar's rock. Corner-leg tables required stretchers or braces for strength and stability.
Compare the present table with a similarly-shaped huanghuali table, 17th century, illustrated in C. Clunas, Chinese Furniture, London, 1988, no.48; see another huanghuali example illustrated in Central Academy of Arts and Crafts: Illustrations of Collections, Ming Furniture, vol.2, Beijing. 1994, no.35.
Compare with a related huanghuali corner-leg altar table, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 12 September 2016, lot 6011; a further example was sold at Christie's, New York, 18 March 2015, lot 169.
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A HONGMU CORNER-LEG TABLE, TIAOZHUO
17th/18th century
The table with a rectangular top set within a wide frame above waisted plain aprons, all raised above square-section legs joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet.
95cm (37 3/8in) high x 68.7cm (27in) long x 48.2cm (19in) deep.
十七/十八世紀 有束腰羅鍋棖馬蹄足紅木條桌
Provenance: an English private collection
Notable for the simplicity of its design and the elegance and lightness of the form, the present table would have been centrally placed within a scholar's studio. Their broad surface could easily accommodate the accoutrements typically associated with the scholar, such as a brush, an inkstone, a waterpot, a brushpot, and even a small scholar's rock. Corner-leg tables required stretchers or braces for strength and stability.
Compare the present table with a similarly-shaped huanghuali table, 17th century, illustrated in C. Clunas, Chinese Furniture, London, 1988, no.48; see another huanghuali example illustrated in Central Academy of Arts and Crafts: Illustrations of Collections, Ming Furniture, vol.2, Beijing. 1994, no.35.
Compare with a related huanghuali corner-leg altar table, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 12 September 2016, lot 6011; a further example was sold at Christie's, New York, 18 March 2015, lot 169.
