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Category: Connoisseurs Corner

Extremely Rare Long Late Yuan/Early Ming Four Drawers Coffer

13th/14th Century; extinct Sophora or Huai wood, pine and other soft wood for secondary framework; all-original and in excellent condition;…

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Exceptional Pair of Early Ming Painting Tables

Late 13th/early 14th Century; Sophora (Huai) wood; Shanxi. In China, painting tables were prized possessions of the scholar-artist because he…

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Early Ming Table with Three Deep-Carved Drawers

13th/14th c, Sophora (Huai) wood, Shanxi.  Distinguish for age and rare extinct wood that never warps; beautiful deep carving.  46″…

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Exceptional Early Ming Eight Drawer Buffet

Circa 15th C; Sophora (Huai) wood, pine or other soft wood for secondary framework; Shanxi. 35” h. 70” w. 25”…

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Early Ming Altar Table with Rare Heavenly Stallions Carvings

15th c; Sophora (Huai) framework, cypress and miscellaneous wood side panels; rare “Heavenly Stallions” carvings;  Shanxi. 36” h x 51”…

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Early Ming Square Cabriole Legs Table with Skirted Apron

15th/16th C, Sophora (Huai), Shanxi.  Exceptional construction from extinct wood; distinguish deep grains, never warps; refined styled and carvings.  …

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Early Ming Three Drawers Buffet with “Taohuan” Panels

15th/16th C; Shanxi; Northern Elm, original iron pulls and hammered nails.  84″ w, 24″ d, 30.5″ h This table exhibits…

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Outstanding Ming Platform Bed

16th/17th C, Sophora, Shanxi. Considered “honorific seat”; of extinct Sophora wood, elegantly styled; 15½” h. 69” w. 28½” d In…

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Rare Early Qing Walnut Altar Table with Carved Buddhist Symbols

Early 18th C; Shanxi.  Walnut wood, beautiful openwork carvings, Buddhist-motif relief carvings on side panels.  86.5″ L, 20″ W, 33.5″…

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Red Lacquered Half-Round Tables with Claw Feet

17th/18thC, Camphor, Hunan.  Rare five-clawed dragons cabriole legs.          33″ h, 44″ d This high-waisted Half-Round Table…

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