Lot 3642. A cedar painting table, Ming dynasty; 85 by 190.5 by 60 cm., 33 1/2 by 75 by 23 5/8 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD - Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's

the tabletop with a framed two-board floating panel supported by four transverse stretchers beneath, above a plain beaded apron with foliate motif with openwork on the braces, all supported on four square-section legs tapering to a spearhead, secured on the narrow sides with square-sectioned stretchers with notched corners, the lower stretcher of humpback profile joined to the top stretcher by two vertical struts, the open-grain wood stained dark brown.

Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 2014