A HUANGHUALI LOW TABLE (KANGZHUO) 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

the mitered frame inset with a single broad panel above a narrow recessed waist and an arched and cusped apron, continuing onto cabriole legs terminating in outscrolled ball feet, the underside with three transverse stretchers

There are patched and filled repairs to the joinery, most notably to where the legs are joined to the apron and the apron joined to the frame. One leg with a spliced repair to a break. Another leg with a filled split. There are small later added block supports flanking the upper legs where they join the frame. There is a short traveling split to the side of the frame. It is possible that one of the recessed waist panels on the long side has been replaced.
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The absence of carved decoration on the present table ensures focus on the clean curvilinear outline and on the attractive figuring of the grain, particularly on the single panel top. A closely related table from the collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts is illustrated in Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, Hawaii, 1982, pl. 3. Another similar example but with beaded edge, attributed to the late 16th, early 17th century is illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Living with Ming - The Lu Ming Shi Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 41.