TABLE BASSE EN HUANGHUALI, KANGXVIIe/XVIIIe siècle A HUANGHUALI LOW TABLE, KANG 17th/18th century The rectangular panel top set within a rectangular frame carved with a beaded, 'ice-plate' edge above a plain narrow waist surrounded by a shaped, beaded, cusped apron, all raised on elegant cabriole legs carved at the corners with lion masks and terminating in claw feet. 96.5cm (38in) wide x 59cm (23 2/8in) deep x 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high. Provenance: Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021), acquired in the 1980's Kang tables were typically used on top of a platform, kang , or a couch-bed or daybed. For a discussion on kang tables, see S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture , Berkeley, 2001, pp.169-171.pare one similar but slightly larger example formerly from the collection of Wang Shixiang and now in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseur of Chinese Furniture , Hong Kong, 1990, p.68, no.B13. pare with a similar huanghuali kang table, 17th century, with similar beast-head corners, which was sold at Chirstie's New York, 19 March 2021, lot 742. See also a related huanghuali kang table, 17th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2019, lot 873. 十七/十八世紀 黃花梨炕桌 來源： 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏，於二十世紀八十年代入藏