A rare Chinese jade-embellished hardwood corner-leg table, Xiaotiaozhou, 19th century

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A rare Chinese jade-embellished hardwood corner-leg table, Xiaotiaozhou 19th century the top is set within a rectangular frame and raised on slightly splayed legs of square section joined by finely carved double-face 'rope-twist' stretchers inset with celadon jade bi discs 80cm high, 130cm wide, 44cm deep PROVENANCE Private Collection, Queensland NOTE For a similar example see Christie's, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 18/19 September, 2014, lot 1120 It is suggested that furniture inlaid with burlwood, bamboo and archaistic jades, is typical of the Jiangsu style of court furniture. A similar zitan corner-leg table, dated to the mid-Qing period, and similarly decorated with a simulated rope-twist design linking jade discs is illustrated by Tian Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 176, no. 76. (Fig. 1) A related zitan table carved in openwork with the same rope-twist and bi-disc design along the narrow waist in the Qing Court Collection, and dated to the Qianlong period, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, p. 104, no. 92.

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