17th century|The rectangular well-figured burlwood panel set within a huanghuali mitre, mortise and tenon frame over a single recessed waist and shaped apron carved with leafy scroll work, the square cut legs terminating in hoof feet and joined together by hump-back stretchers. 94cm (37in) long x 63.5cm (25in) deep x 84.6cm (33 1/4) high. |十八世紀 黃花梨癭木面羅鍋棖卷草紋半桌Provenance: a European private collection來源： 歐洲私人收藏Compare a very similar huanghuali stone top-inset side table, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2011, p.35. See also a related huanghuali side table, Ming dynasty, from the Qing Court collection, but carved with chi dragons on the aprons, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, vol.I, Hong Kong, 2002, pl.95.See a related pair of huanghuali side tables, 17th century, but carved on the aprons with chi dragons, which was sold at Christie's New York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 954.