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22 mai 2020

A long huanghuali and huamu recessed-leg table, pingtouan, Late Ming-early Qing dynasty

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A LONG HUANGHUALI AND HUAMU RECESSED-LEG TABLE,  PINGTOUAN LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY |

A LONG HUANGHUALI AND HUAMU RECESSED-LEG TABLE,  PINGTOUAN LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY |

Lot 125. huanghuali and huamu recessed-leg table, pingtouan, Late Ming-early Qing dynasty; 78.2 by 204.5 by 53.6 cm., 30 3/4  by 80 1/2  by 21 1/8  in. Estimate 9,000,000 — 15,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 13,880,000 HKD (1,526,615 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's.

the top of mitre, mortise and tennoned frame construction with a huamu single-board, tongue-and-grooved, flush, floating panel supported by six dovetailed transverse stretchers, the edge of the frame moulding inward from about halfway down and ending in a beaded edge, the splayed rectangular legs highlighted by a gently grooved wide band in the centre and edged with butterflied corners, the legs double tennoned to the frame top and cut to house the intricately worked stylised 'phoenix' apron finished with a raised grooved band, each pair of legs conjoined on the shorter sides with an openwork panel similarly carved with a pair of confronting stylised phoenix.

ExhibitedGrace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. no. 23, pp. 68-71.
The Chinese Collections, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 1997-99, pl. 114.
Grace Wu Bruce, Grace Wu Bruce presents a choice selection of Ming Furniture from the Dr S Y Yip collections, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 16-17.

Note: "The phoenixes are mesmerizing, and the legs with beautiful mouldings. The lacquer under-coating – original and 300 years old. The lacquer connoisseur Sammy Y Lee of Tokyo and Los Angeles was also mesmerized. When he was 100 years old, he crawled underneath the table to examine it together with his son for 20 minutes and declared it a winner!"

This is an exquisite variation of the standard design illustrated in lot 128. Where there are normally plain mitred spandrels, beautifully rendered stylised phoenixes in openwork carving take their place. In addition, the stretchers between the legs, normally plain, round or oval in section, are also replaced by ones with stylised phoenixes, exquisitely carved in openwork. This feature is unique amongst published examples to-date.

There are no known published example similar to the present piece although there are pieces with carved spandrels of different motifs. In addition, the exquisite stylised phoenix openwork panels between the legs is a unique feature in surviving examples.

Sotheby's. Ming Furniture – The Dr S Y Yip Collection, Hong Kong, 07 October 2015

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