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A Ming Dynasty Huanghuali Wood Waisted Square Table with Humpbacked Stretchers and Carved Dragon Design.
Height 33.5 in. (85 cm). Dimensions of Top: 36 in (91.5 cm). Square, circa 1575-1675.
This square table is decorated with horned archaic dragons confronting each other along the cusped aprons. This style of dragon carving suggests the late Ming period.
A waisted square table of this style and design is illustrated in Robert Ellsworth's Chinese Furniture, Plate 75. That table has no dragon carving, but the side aprons have similarly cusped curves.