A huanghuali waisted square corner-leg table, Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀　黃花梨螭龍紋束腰方桌

Christie’s New York, 24th September 2021, lot 996.

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紐約佳士得2021年9月24日，編號996

The present table is distinguished by its elegant proportions and the finely carved chilong motifs adorning the aprons.

Compare a similar huanghuali square table, the apron also carved with scrolling dragons, illustrated in Sarah Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley and Toronto, 2005, p. 167. Another closely related example, dated to the late Ming dynasty, from the Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes Collection, Paris, is published in Michel Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo and New York, 1979, pl. 126.

For a huanghuali square table of similar proportions, carved on the aprons with dragons and archaistic scrolls, see an example in the Qing Court Collection, dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 86. See also a further related huanghuali square table carved with chilong on the aprons, sold at Christie's New York, 25th September 2020, lot 1646.

此方桌比例勻稱，牙條精雕螭龍紋，刀法流暢，展現雅緻格調。

比較一相類黃花梨方桌，牙條同雕卷草龍紋，載於 Sarah Handler，《Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture》，伯克利及多倫多，2005年，頁167。另一晚明相類作例，出自巴黎 Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes 收藏，載於 Michel Beurdeley，《Chinese Furniture》，東京及紐約，1979年，圖版126。

清宮舊藏一黃花梨方桌，比例與本品相近，牙條飾龍紋及仿古卷草紋，定年乾隆，載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：明清家具（下）》，香港，2002年，圖版86。另可比較一黃花梨飾螭龍紋方桌作例，售於紐約佳士得2020年9月25日，編號1646。