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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lot 362TP,Y

A HONGMU AND BURLWOOD LOW CIRCULAR TABLE
19th century

2 November 2021, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A HONGMU AND BURLWOOD LOW CIRCULAR TABLE

19th century
The table with a fine burlwood top set within a circular frame above a narrow waist and cusped, beaded aprons finely carved with archaistic chilong designs, the whole raised on beaded ruyi cabriole legs ending in upturned feet. 100cm (39 3/8in) diam. x 36cm (14 1/8in) high.

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十九世紀 紅木嵌癭木圓矮几

This unusual circular table was probably used to support a large vessel or drum. Compare with a similar low circular stand, supported on cabriole legs and carved with lion masks and scrolling tendrils, illustrated by R.H.Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, pp. 124-125, no. 42.

Compare with a related huanghuali circular low table, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2021, lot 835.

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