A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE HUANGHUALI ALTAR TABLE, GONGZHUO MING DYANSTY, SECOND HALF OF 15TH CENTURY The two-panel rectangular top is set in a mitred frame with 'water-stopping' moulding and 'ice-plate' edge. The long sides of the high waist are decorated with three inset panels with raised begonia-shaped centres. The short sides with a similar panel and an incense stick drawer extending almost the entire length, above an unusual stepped and protruding moulding. The beaded ogee apron continuing into the massive cabriole legs terminating in upturned ends, each of stylised openwork in the form of an upturned leaf and resting on a ball foot. The detachable stand is echoing the table but without drawers and raised on short flanged cabriole legs. 39 in. (99 cm.) overall high, 41 in. (115cm.) long, 27 in. (69.8cm.) deep Provenance Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 18-19 October 1990, lot 614 The T.T. Tsui Collection The Tsui Museum, acquisition no. MSF008 Sold at Christie’s New York, From Elegant Mansions: Fine Classical Chinese Furniture and Works of Art, 16 September 1998, lot 23
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE HUANGHUALI ALTAR TABLE, GONGZHUO MING DYANSTY, SECOND HALF OF 15TH CENTURY The two-panel rectangular top is set in a mitred frame with 'water-stopping' moulding and 'ice-plate' edge. The long sides of the high waist are decorated with three inset panels with raised begonia-shaped centres. The short sides with a similar panel and an incense stick drawer extending almost the entire length, above an unusual stepped and protruding moulding. The beaded ogee apron continuing into the massive cabriole legs terminating in upturned ends, each of stylised openwork in the form of an upturned leaf and resting on a ball foot. The detachable stand is echoing the table but without drawers and raised on short flanged cabriole legs. 39 in. (99 cm.) overall high, 41 in. (115cm.) long, 27 in. (69.8cm.) deep Provenance Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 18-19 October 1990, lot 614 The T.T. Tsui Collection The Tsui Museum, acquisition no. MSF008 Sold at Christie’s New York, From Elegant Mansions: Fine Classical Chinese Furniture and Works of Art, 16 September 1998, lot 23
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