A LARGE HUANGHUALI WAISTED CORNER-LEG TABLE WITH GIANT ARM BRACES, TIAOZHUO 17th/18th centuryA LARGE HUANGHUALI WAISTED CORNER-LEG TABLE WITH GIANT ARM BRACES, TIAOZHUO17th/18th centuryThe finely figured single-board floating panel top set into a mitered, mortise and tenon frame with ice-plate edge, supported on the underside by four transverse stretchers hidden tenoned into the frame, the beaded apron and recessed waist carved from a single board half-lapped and tenoned into squared supports originally joined to a horizontal stretcher, now with giant's arm braces. 32 7/8 x 72 1/2 x 21in (83.5 x 184.3 x 53.4cm)十七/十八世紀 黃花梨有束腰馬蹄足霸王棖條桌Provenance:The collection of Robert Long, Palma Valley, California, 1 March 1984 來源：Robert Long舊藏，加州波馬谷，1984年3月1日Of impressive size and silhouette, this table is comparable in feature to a painting table formerly in the Hung collection; see Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Nicholas Grindley and Anita Christy. CHINESE FURNITURE. One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection (New York, 1996), Vol. I, no. 58, pp. 158-59, with s-shaped braces joining the interior of the legs. The present lot shares close dimensions in height and length, and is half the width of the Hung table. For a painting table without s-curved braces and with a burlwood top, see Christies Hong Kong, 26 November 2017, lot 8109.