Lot 951. A huanghuali rectangular corner-leg side table, banzhuo, 17th century, 34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 42 ¼ in. (107.3 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (57.9 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 106,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The single floating panel top is set in the rectangular frame above a narrow waist and plain apron. The legs are of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminate in hoof feet. 

Provenance: Chan Shing Kee, Hong Kong, October 2007.

Property from The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection

Literature: V. Bower, S. Handler and J. Burris, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008, p. 55, fig. 25.

Exhibited: Cincinnati, Taft Museum of Art, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, 7 November 2008 - 11 January 2009.

Note: Compare the huanghuali corner-leg table of similar proportions and construction sold at Christie's New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1308.

A small huanghuali corner-leg side table, 17th century; 34 ½ in. (88.3 cm.) high, 45 in. wide (114.3 cm.), 21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) deep. Sold for USD 100,000 at Christie's New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1308. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York