A HUANGHUALI 'KANG' TABLE (KANGZHUO) MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

well proportioned, the mitered top with an attractively figured inset panel above a beaded scrolling apron raised on cabriole legs and ending in ruyi scroll and pad feet

Evelyn's Antique Chinese Furniture, Inc., San Francisco, 1990.

There has been shrinkage to the top panel and there is an approx. 1/4 wide inlaid strip of wood and a diagonal split to the frame along one side. The four legs are most likely later additions having all been reattached at the frame and below the knee and the feet recarved indicating the table has been reduced in height. It is also possible that at one time, it was a folding table and the legs have been replaced. The surface with minor wear and nicks.
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Compare a huanghuali table with similar legs and feet, attributed to the late 16th, early 17th century and illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Living with Ming - The Lu Ming Shi Collection, 2000, no 41, pp. 150-151.