Ɏ A HUANGHUALI DEMI-LUNE TABLE, YUEYAZHUO, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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Ɏ A HUANGHUALI DEMI-LUNE TABLE, YUEYAZHUO, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Scientific Analysis Report: A xylological analysis report issued by CIRAM Science for Art Cultural Heritage on 1 September 2026, test number 0726-OA-1261J-11, examines a wood sample taken from the top of one leg using stereomicroscopic and metallographic microscopy. The study, conducted by xylologist Joey Montagut, identifies the wood as Dalbergia odorifera of the Fabaceae family, commonly known as huanghuali. A copy of the report accompanies this lot. China. Of half-moon form, raised on three slender cabriole legs, with a gently arched apron below, finely carved with scrolling motifs centering on a pointed ruyi-shaped cartouche above the front leg. The rounded cabriole legs terminate in hoof-feet carved with further scrolls standing on a joined semicircular base stretcher. Dimensions: Size 91.6 x 87 x 44.9 cm Half-round tables are recorded in the Ming carpenter's manuals, Lu Ban jing, suggesting they were once more common than the few surviving examples would seem to indicate. A demi-lune table and two outline drawings are illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, p. 118, B125-B127. Expert’s note: Thought to be made in pairs, demi-lune tables were usually designed to be pushed together to form a single round table, often indicated by mortises and tenons along the undecorated back edges that physically interlocked the two elements. In the present example, however, the absence of such joinery, together with the finished feet, terminating in elegant ball feet carved with scrolls, the rounded cabriole legs, and the lobed shape of the apron, suggests that the present demi-lune table was designed as a singular example and not as one of a pair. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2015, lot 2941 Price: HKD 400,000 or approx. EUR 55,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related half-moon form, constricted waist, lobed and beaded apron, cabriole legs, and semi-circular stretchers. Note that the present lot comprises a pair and is made of willow rather than huanghuali. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie’s New York, 27 March 2026, lot 842 Price: USD 203,200 or approximately EUR 170,000 after conversion at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, including the rounded cabriole legs, shaped apron, and semi-circular top. Note the green marble-inset top and the size (80 x 79.4 x 39.4 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2023, lot 2709 Price: HKD 8,190,000 or approx. EUR 949,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and manner of carving. Note the size (87.6 x 104.5 x 52 cm). This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.

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