Lot 3674. A huanghuali display stand, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 36.2 cm., 14 1/4 in. Estimate 70,000 — 90,000 HKD. Lot sold 87,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's

modelled after a standard-size altar table, the flush top flanked by a pair of everted ends on the narrow sides, above a slightly figured waist and a straight beaded apron with ruyi-shaped cloud brackets on the corners, the square-sectioned legs with a vertical rib down the middle secured on foot stretchers and two spandrels with an openwork ruyi heads in the centre.

Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 2014