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明十六 / 十七世紀 黃花梨翹頭案
估價
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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描述
- huanghuali wood
the rectangular mitered, mortise and tenon frame top with a single flush, floating panel and inset everted ends, tongue and grooved into the inside edge of the frame with four transverse stretchers, all supported on four splayed, cylindrical legs joined by a plain apron with complex cloud collar spandrels and double stretchers to either side
來源
Nicholas Grindley，Barling of Mount Street，倫敦，1992年7月13日
Condition
The top with a small circular and larger rectangular patch repair to frame. There is a rectangular patch repair to the end of one apron. One of the short end aprons may be a later replacement. There is a filled diagonal repair to below the base of one spandrel where it joins the leg. One leg has two rectangular patch repairs to stabilize a long split which has some filled repair. Another leg with filled repair ton a long split down the inside. There are filled repairs to splits where the stretchers join the legs.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
拍品資料及來源
Tables of this design with everted flanges are generally called qiaotouan or ‘raised end tables’. According to Craig Clunas in Chinese Furniture, London, 1988, p. 51, such tables were employed in secular contexts, set against walls as surfaces on which to display antiques or art objects. A 1616 edition of a woodblock illustration from the novel Jin ping mei (The Golden Lotus) shows a qiaotouan of this type placed against a screen and used for displaying a single flower vase and other artifacts.
Recessed legs tables with cloud-shaped spandrels and double stretchers were produced with raised and straight ends and of varying lengths from small highly mobile side tables, such as the present example to ample surfaces for painting and viewing large handscrolls. It is the success of the basic design with its pleasing proportions and balance of the rectilinear and curvilinear elements that allow for such wide adaptation. For a very closely related example from the Victoria and Albert Museum see Craig Clunas, (ibid.) ills. 38, 39, p. 52. Another related table of similar dimension and form is illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. no. 18, pp. 58-59.
Recessed legs tables with cloud-shaped spandrels and double stretchers were produced with raised and straight ends and of varying lengths from small highly mobile side tables, such as the present example to ample surfaces for painting and viewing large handscrolls. It is the success of the basic design with its pleasing proportions and balance of the rectilinear and curvilinear elements that allow for such wide adaptation. For a very closely related example from the Victoria and Albert Museum see Craig Clunas, (ibid.) ills. 38, 39, p. 52. Another related table of similar dimension and form is illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. no. 18, pp. 58-59.