61. 61Y RARE TABLE BASSE EN HUANGHUALI, KANGJI Fin de la dynastie Ming A RARE METAL-MOUNTED HUANGHUALI LOW TABLE, KANGJI Late Ming Dynasty The three-board top set into a rectangular mitre, mortise and tenon frame over a recessed waist and elaborately shaped aprons crisply carved on each side in relief with pairs of confronted dragons over a beaded border extending through the elegant cabriole legs terminating in scroll and ball feet and raised on square chucks, the frame and legs fitted with elegant cut-out gilt-metal brackets. 28.5cm x 98.5cm x 69cm (11 1/4in x 38 3/4in x 27 1/8in) 明晚期 黃花梨炕几 Provenance: Formerly in a German collection formed in China between 1912 and 1938 來源： 德國私人舊藏，於1912年至1938年間得自中國 This kang table, of superb modelling with lively carved dragons and animal masks, has a highly figured floating panel showing the wood grain of huanghuali at its finest. The gilt-metal mounts on this table are a rare feature and are found on few other examples. Compare, for instance, a huanghuali kang table with metal mounts from the Palace Museum collection, published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Hong Kong, 2002, no.150. Compare also with a Huanghuali kang table without metal mounts but similarly carved with pairs of confronted dragons, formerly in the Virata collection, sold in Christie's New York, 16 March 2017, lot 636.