A CHINESE HONGMU ALTAR TABLE

KANGXI 1662-1722

The rectangular top with raised scroll ends, the frieze carved with stylised cloud spandrels, all raised on slightly splayed trestle legs pierced with large rectangular panels enclosing ruyi-head shaped cloud motifs, 86.5cm x 109cm x 43cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, purchased from Nicholas Grindley Works of Art on 9th May 1986. A copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. R D Jacobsen & N Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, pp.126-127, no.42 for a comparable 17th century huanghuali table; see also Christie's Hong Kong, 28th November 2012, lot 2023 for a 17th century table carved with similar decoration to the legs; see also The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), pp.156-157 for a related Ming dynasty huanghuali table of a similar shape.