A HUANGHUALI LOW TABLE, KANGZHUO, 17TH-18TH CENTURYChina. Superbly carved with the top panel set within a rectangular frame with a beaded 'ice-plate' (bingpanyan) edge above a shaped, beaded, and cusped apron, all raised on elegant cabriole legs carved with lion masks at the corners and terminating in claw feet, the wood of an attractive grain and color.Provenance: From the private collection of Jean-Pierre Rousset, acquired in the 1980s, and housed in his famous Parisian home ever since (see in-situ photograph). Jean-Pierre Rousset (1936-2021) was a French art dealer and the nephew of Robert Rousset (1901-1982), one of the most prominent pioneers of the Chinese art market in Paris. With no children of his own, Robert took his nephew Jean-Pierre under his wing and began grooming him to eventually take over the gallery. He loved to wander with Jean-Pierre through the gallery's exhibitions and storerooms, telling stories about each piece while cultivating his protégé’s eye. Jean-Pierre was also sent by his uncle to train with the great expert in Asian art and Robert’s close friend, Michel Beurdeley, whose numerous publications are stillmonly referenced today. When Robert passed away, his private collection was divided between Jean-Pierre and his sister, Anne-Marie, whose part was sold with great success after her death in 2019.Condition: Good condition with some wear and traces of use, expected minor age cracks, some with associated old fills, small chips, light scratches, the joints possibly reinforced.Dimensions: Size 96.5 x 59 x 29.5 cmExpert’s note: 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. See Wang Shixiang, Connoisseur of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 48-52, for a discussion of different forms of kang tables.Auction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3239Price: USD 875,000 or approx.EUR 123,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Large Huanghuali Kang Table, Qing Dynasty, 18th CenturyExpert remark:pare the closely related form, material, and size (94.3 x 63.5 x 25 cm)Auction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie’s New York, 19 March 2021, lot 742Price: USD 37,500 or approx.EUR 37,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Huanghuali Kang Table, 17th CenturyExpert remark:pare the related form, material, and size (104.7 x 67.6 x 32 cm). Note the related animal masks at the four corners.十七至十八世紀黃花梨三彎腿炕桌中國。黃花梨三彎腿小炕桌，桌面拼板，矮束腰，桌面四周設有攔水線、冰盤沿，牙板為壺門之形，弧線圓轉自如。壺門中央處浮雕如意雲紋，兩側作卷雲紋。三彎腿，馬蹄外翻。牙板內緣起陽線，順延至腿足，隨之彎曲，至底端收卷為卷珠狀，與外翻馬蹄合為一體。