A HARDWOOD CORNER LEG SIDE TABLE, BANZHUO


Mid Qing dynastyWith a single panel top set within a rectangular frame, with upward turned lotus lappets above the waist, the shoulders and legs carved in relief with a meandering floral pattern, above openwork aprons with sinuous kuilong interlaced with archaic scrolls, the dragons chasing flaming pearls, the legs terminating in thick scroll feet, with beaded humpback stretchers above the feet. 33 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 43 1/2in (85 x 42.5 x 110.5cm)
|清中期 硬木雕卷草龍紋馬蹄足半桌Provenance:Captain James Victor Query III (1903-1975), a United States Navy Rear Admiral in the Asia-Pacific Theater, thence by descent Captain Query was a recipient of the Yangtze Service Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal among other commendations for his service in China, which ended in 1950.