A RARE PARQUETRY-EMBELLISHED ZITAN CORNER-LEG TABLE, TIAOZHUO, LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY

A RARE PARQUETRY-EMBELLISHED ZITAN CORNER-LEG TABLE, TIAOZHUO
LATE 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The top is composed of a floating panel finely inlaid with square pieces of zitan, huanghuali, and nanmu in a geometric pattern set in a rectangular frame with 'water-stopping' molding and 'ice-plate' edge. The narrow waist is carved with a continuous ruyi border above a finely beaded apron. The whole is raised on legs of square section framed by shaped spandrels carved with archaistic scroll, and terminating in scroll-form hoof feet.
31 3/8 in. (79.7 cm.) high, 34 ¾ in. (88.2 cm.) wide, 14 7/8 in. (37.7 cm.) deep

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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MARYLAND