Lot 28. A circular rootwood table, Qing dynasty, 18th century; d. 91.5 by h. 84.8 cm, d. 36 by h. 33 ⅜ in. Estimate: 400,000 - 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 630,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the thick circular flat-topped panel bordered with intertwining roots, sturdily supported on an axis in the form of vigorously gnarled roots branching out into three shorter legs, the wood of a warm honey-brown colour.

Note: For a related round table constructed from naturally shaped wood from the Qing Court collection, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 241. For a similar round rootwood table of which the top is made of pieces of natural wood and the base of assembled roots and branches, see Dr S.Y. Yip and Grace Wu-Bruce, Feast by a Wine Table Reclining on a Couch, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007, cat. no. 37.

Sotheby's. Monochrome II, 9 October 2020, Hong Kong