Lot 1506, A huanghuali painting table, Late Qing Dynasty. Estimate  USD 15,000 ~ 25,000. Lot sold 514,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

the three board floating panel top, mitered, mortise and tenoned to the rectangular frame, the molded frame tapering inward terminating in a beaded edge, over a straight beaded apron continuing to scrolling and shaped spandrels set to either side of cylindrical legs, joined by a rounded stretcher reinforced by a plain spandreled apron, the feet metal capped. Height 31 1/4  in., 79.4 cm; Width 86 1/2  in., 219.7 cm; Depth 37 7/8  in., 96.2 cm

Provenance: Pao & Moltke, Toronto, 1980s.

Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016