A 'zitan' corner-leg table (Tiaozhuo)

Qing dynasty, 18th century

清十八世紀 紫檀雕卷葉紋有束腰條桌

the rectangular top comprised of five boards of standard miter, mortise and tenon construction set within a molded-edge, beaded frame and supported by four transverse stretchers underneath, the recessed waist pierced with a row of pendent lappets joined to a further band of overlapping lappets by lingzhi-formed struts, the beaded-edge apron with a lively scrolling floral motif terminating in pierced foliate spandrels on the corners of the squared-section legs terminating in foliate-carved scroll-hoof feet, the wood a variegated dark brown

Height 36 ? in., 93 cm; Width 66 ? in., 168.9 cm; Depth 23 ? in., 59.4 cm

Sotheby's New York, 20th March 2002, lot 320.

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紐約蘇富比2002年3月20日，編號320