A rare large huanghuali recessed leg table, pingtou’an, China, Ming dynasty, 17th century. Estimate $400,000 – $600,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The single-panel top set within the wide rectangular frame with ice-plate edge, above plain aprons and cloud shaped spandrels, the whole supported on thick beaded rectangular legs joined by pairs of stretchers of conforming shape - 32 3/8 in. (82.2 cm.) high, 82 ½ in. (209.6 cm.) wide, 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) deep 

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1971.

Literature: R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p.153, pl. 49 and 49a.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART I - MASTERWORKS INCLUDING INDIAN, HIMALAYAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN WORKS OF ART, CHINESE AND JAPANESE WORKS OF ART, 17 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza