Table (Kang)
Kang table (Kang Ji Huanghuali). Wood, Chinese, Ming dynasty.
A kang table of mitered, mortised and tenoned frame construction, with the tenons exposed on the short members of the frame. A single plank flush floating panel with three transverse braces dovetailed to the underside. These braces mortised and tenoned into the long members of the frame, with the tenons of the two outer braces exposed. The outer edges of the frame moulded inwards to meet a plain beaded-edged curvilinear apron. The long members of the apron secured to the frame by a large central pindovetailed into the apron and mortised and tenoned to the frame. They are of slight S-bend form, with the inner beaded edges a continuation of the apron beading. The legs terminate in club feet with a single incised scroll on the outer surfaces, and are finished off with a broad tenon-like termination. Very slight traces of a clay and lacquer undercoat on the underside.
A kang table of mitered, mortised and tenoned frame construction, with the tenons exposed on the short members of the frame. A single plank flush floating panel with three transverse braces dovetailed to the underside. These braces mortised and tenoned into the long members of the frame, with the tenons of the two outer braces exposed. The outer edges of the frame moulded inwards to meet a plain beaded-edged curvilinear apron. The long members of the apron secured to the frame by a large central pindovetailed into the apron and mortised and tenoned to the frame. They are of slight S-bend form, with the inner beaded edges a continuation of the apron beading. The legs terminate in club feet with a single incised scroll on the outer surfaces, and are finished off with a broad tenon-like termination. Very slight traces of a clay and lacquer undercoat on the underside.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Woo, China, furniture |
| Physical description | Kang table (Kang Ji Huanghuali). Wood, Chinese, Ming dynasty. A kang table of mitered, mortised and tenoned frame construction, with the tenons exposed on the short members of the frame. A single plank flush floating panel with three transverse braces dovetailed to the underside. These braces mortised and tenoned into the long members of the frame, with the tenons of the two outer braces exposed. The outer edges of the frame moulded inwards to meet a plain beaded-edged curvilinear apron. The long members of the apron secured to the frame by a large central pindovetailed into the apron and mortised and tenoned to the frame. They are of slight S-bend form, with the inner beaded edges a continuation of the apron beading. The legs terminate in club feet with a single incised scroll on the outer surfaces, and are finished off with a broad tenon-like termination. Very slight traces of a clay and lacquer undercoat on the underside. |
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| Object history | This table was originally from the collection of Gustav Ecke, Peking, though not illustrated in his 'Chinese Domestic Furniture', and was acquired from him in Peking by Professor and Mrs Fitzgerald. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in Craig Clunas, Chinese Furniture, V&A Far Eastern Series, 1988, Plate No. 52. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.120-1978 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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