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29 mars 2018

A rare black lacquer corner-leg altar table, Ming dynasty

A rare black lacquer corner-leg altar table, Ming dynasty

A rare black lacquer corner-leg altar table, Ming dynasty

Lot 3042. A rare black lacquer corner-leg altar table, Ming dynasty; 90.8 by 153.7 by 35.8 cm, 35 3/4  by 60 1/2  by 14 1/8  in. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 HKD (153,480 - 230,220 USD). Lot sold 2,000,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2018

the plain rectangular top with curved ends, elegantly extending downwards to panelled legs terminating in scrolled feet, covered overall in a thin layer of lustrous black-brown lacquer with characteristic parallel crazing.

Note: The form of the current table, skilfully created with curved scroll feet, is extremely rare. For a black-lacquered altar table of more typical form, resting on four straight legs, see the example from A Palladian Villa by Michael S. Smith, sold at Christie's New York, 23th/24th April 2013, lot 237. The overall spontaneity of form and texture of the surface of the table is also reminiscent of a rectangular four-legged side table in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, dated 16th century, acquired from Robert Ellsworth, Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1976, accession no. 1976.193.5a-c, and included in the exhibition Re-Installation of The Ming Furniture Room, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2008.

Sotheby's. Curiosity IV. Hong Kong, 02 Apr 2018, 10:30 AM 

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