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3 août 2019

A hongmu waisted corner-leg table, Late Qing dynasty

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Lot 1106. A hongmu waisted corner-leg table, Late Qing dynasty; 32 5/8 in. (82.9 cm.) high, 71 in. (180.3 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.3 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014

The single-plank top is set within a rectangular frame carved around the exterior with a key-fret border, above a narrow waist carved with scrolling clouds above a band of lotus lappets and the beaded aprons. The whole is raised on thick, shaped legs of square section elaborately carved with writhing dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst swirling clouds, and framed by spandrels carved in relief with clouds.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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