Lot 199. A huanghuali side table (Tiaozhuo), Ming dynasty, 17th century. Height 34 1/4  in., 87.1 cm; Width 50 3/4  in., 129 cm; Depth 19 in., 48.3 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 281,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

a single board set within a mitered frame of mortise and tenon construction and secured by three transverse stretchers on the underside, with a recessed waist surmounting a plain apron and supported on four legs of square section terminating in hoof feet, the wood of a honey-brown color.

Provenance: C.L. Ma, Hong Kong, 2003.