A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI ‘CABRIOLE-LEG’ DAYBED, TA

Lot 2807
29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 6 300 000
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ID 841526
Lot 2807 | A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI ‘CABRIOLE-LEG’ DAYBED, TA
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HKD 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI ‘CABRIOLE-LEG’ DAYBED, TA

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

The mat seat is enclosed within the wide rectangular frame carved with moulded edge and supported on a narrow waist, all above elegantly curved aprons. The whole is supported on thick cabriole legs resting on very small chucks.

20 1/4 in. (52 cm) high, 83 1/2 in. (212 cm) wide, 44 7/8 in. (114 cm.) deep





Provenance

Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong.

Judd C. Kinne Collection, Singapore.

Nicholas Grindley LLC, London, 1998.



Literature

Peter Lai and Sandra Lai, Classical Chinese Furniture: A Legacy of Refinement, Hong Kong, 1992, p.18.

Sarah Handler, "Life on a Platform", JCCFS, 1993, p. 15, pls. 22&22A.

Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley, 2001, p. 118, pl. 8.16.



Exhibited

Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-2019.



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