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Sep 14, 2020
Sep 14, 2020
Low Table (kang zhuo) with Dragons in Clouds
Low Table (kang zhuo) with Dragons in Clouds
黃花梨雲龍紋炕桌
1600s–1700s
Rosewood (huanghuali) and metal
Overall: 29 x 97.2 x 69.2 cm (11 7/16 x 38 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.228
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Note the curved legs, the elaborate openwork carving, and metal-fitted corners in the form of bats.
Description
Originally, low tables were placed on a kang, a raised platform made of brick and heated by a fire underneath, which served as a bed and living space on cold winter days in northern China. During the daytime, these platforms could accommodate two sitters with a kang table placed between them.
In the warmer south, kang tables were used on daybeds made of wood. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, furniture makers used rare tropical hardwood, such as huanghuali, known as rosewood.
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