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Huanghuali Painting Table, 17th/18th C.

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:20,000.00 EUR Estimated At:32,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR
Huanghuali Painting Table, 17th/18th C.
Huanghuali
China, 17th/18th century
Sober design with clean lines and elegant proportions
Openwork frame with vertical elements
Rectangular table top supported by four square legs with accentuated feet
The wood with fine grain and natural yellow-brown color
Dimensions: 82.5 x 182 x 47.5 cm
Good restored condition
Provenance: Private collection, Germany; brought from China around 1900 as a gift from a monastery in southern China

Tables of this kind are referred to as a painting or calligraphy tables because they were often used by artists. The dimensions of the table allowed the painter or calligrapher to spread even very long scrolls and move around it easily. Compare a painting table with inward turned legs in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (accession no. 97.26.1; see: Robert D. Jacobsen et al, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis 1999, p 129). Compare also a corner-leg table painting with an elaborately braced frame in the collection of the Palace Museum Beijing.



Huang-hua-li

Huanghuali (Dalbergia odorifera) is a rare type of rosewood that was used in China for traditional medicine and to make precious furniture. Originally known as huali or hualu, the specification ‘huang’ (yellowish-brown) was added in the 20th century to differentiate between aged Huanghuali with a yellowish brown patina and newer, so-called xinhuali. Huanghuali literally means ‘yellowish blooming pear wood’. Very good Huanghuali wood has a shimmering, near translucent surface with a beautiful, abstract grain. The color varies from reddish brown to golden yellow. Huanghuali probably originally came from the island Hainan, but similar kinds also grow in northern Vietnam, Guangxi and Indochina.



Condition: The table is in good restored condition. The dimensions are 82.5 x 182 x 47.5 cm (height x length x width).




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