A LARGE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG ALTAR TABLE, PINGTOUAN, EARLY QING DYNASTY China, 17th-18th century. The panel top set within the wide rectangular frame of standard miter, mortise and tenon construction with exposed tenons on the sides and supported underneath by five transverse stretchers, above plain aprons and spandrels, the whole supported on thick legs of rounded section joined by pairs of stretchers. Provenance: English private collection. Condition: Fair condition with extensive old wear, gaps, scratches, nicks, dents. The feet and most of the board are original, the apron and eight flanges on the long and short sides have been replaced with hardwood at different times over the centuries, a small section to the panel top is an older replacement, a loss with associated old fill near the top to the interior of one leg. For a detailed condition report with dedicated highlighting of the affected areas as listed above, please contact the department. Dimensions: Size 82 x 222.3 x 50.8 cm Literature comparison: Compare a slightly larger huanghuali recessed-leg table illustrated by Robert D. Jacobsen and Nicholas Grindley in Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, pp. 122-23, no. 40, where it is dated to the 17th century. The authors note that wider tables of this form were used as painting tables and more slender examples, such as the present table, were perhaps used as altar tables placed against a wall. Auction result comparison: Compare with a related table at Christie’s New York, in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, on 17 September 2008, lot 160, sold for USD 68,500. 清初大型黃花梨平頭案 中國，十七至十八世紀。攒框独板装心，榫眼和榫結構，側面帶有裸露的榫，仅在下方设一边线。牙板秀美。扁圆腿足，腿间梯子双枨。造型簡潔。 來源：英國私人收藏 品相：狀況良好，有大量舊時磨損、縫隙、划痕、缺口和凹痕。腿足和大部分木料是原始的。幾個世紀來，牙條和八個牙頭已在不同時間被硬木取代，面板頂部的一小部分舊時被更換，靠近一隻腿的內部頂部有修補。有關詳細品相狀況報告，請與部門聯繫。 尺寸：82 x 222.3 x 50.8 厘米 拍賣結果比較: 一件相近平頭案見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art拍場2008年9月17日 lot 160, sold for USD 68,500.