CONSOLE RECTANGULAIRE EN LAQUE, PINGTOU'AN,... - Lot 295 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

CONSOLE RECTANGULAIRE EN LAQUE, PINGTOU'AN, CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIE-XVIIIE SIÈCLE AN INCISED AND FILLED-IN RECESSED LEG TABLE, PINGTOU'AN, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH/ 18TH CENTURY le plateau décoré d'oiseaux parmi les pivoines et les rochers, le tablier orné de rinceaux de lotus feuillagés, les quatre pieds de forme tubulaire terminés par des sabots en métal et réunis par deux barres d'entretoise tubulaires 82,5 x 141 x 39 cm ; 32½ x 55½ x 15? in. with a flat top decorated with birds among peonies and rockwork, the apron decorated with a scrolling lotus scroll extending down the four tubular feet with metal caps, secured by parallel cross-braces of round section PROVENANCE Spink & Son. Ltd., London. EXPOSITION The Minor Arts of China II, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 20th March - 3rd April 1985, London, 1985. 1985, no. 3. BIBLIOGRAPHIE Spink & Son, Ltd., The Minor Arts of China II, London, 1985, cat. no. 3, p. 11. (ill.). A huang huali table of similar design is illustrated in Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections by R.H. Ellsworth, no. 17, p. 47. (ill.). For similar decoration, on a 16th century table, see Chinese Art by R. Soame Jenyns and W. Watson, no 176, pp.378-378. (ill.). A huang huali table of similar design is illustrated in Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections by R.H. Ellsworth, no. 17, p. 47. (ill.). For similar decoration, on a 16th century table, see Chinese Art by R. Soame Jenyns and W. Watson, no. 176, pp. 378-378. (ill.). 9 300-14 000 US$