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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 重要私人珍藏
A CIRCULAR ROOTWOOD TABLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 天然木圓桌
Auction Closed
October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Collection
A CIRCULAR ROOTWOOD TABLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
重要私人珍藏
清十八世紀 天然木圓桌
the thick circular flat-topped panel bordered with intertwining roots, sturdily supported on an axis in the form of vigorously gnarled roots branching out into three shorter legs, the wood of a warm honey-brown colour
d. 91.5 by h. 84.8 cm, d. 36 by h. 33 ⅜ in.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th April 2015, lot 2853.
香港蘇富比2015年4月5日，編號2853
For a related round table constructed from naturally shaped wood from the Qing Court collection, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 241. For a similar round rootwood table of which the top is made of pieces of natural wood and the base of assembled roots and branches, see Dr S.Y. Yip and Grace Wu-Bruce, Feast by a Wine Table Reclining on a Couch, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007, cat. no. 37.