A PAIR OF FINE HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLESLate Qing Dynasty Each rectangular top set within a wide frame above a beaded waist and slender rectangular beaded legs terminating in hoof feet, with carved scrollwork aprons centred with taotie masks to the long sides and ruyi scrolls to the short sides. 82cm (32 1/4in) high x 75cm (29 1/2in) wide x 34cm (13 3/8in) deep. (2). 清晚期 黃花梨邊桌一對 The present tables would have been inspired by an earlier prototype produced during the Ming dynasty, when tables of similar size were depicted in woodblock prints as being used for the display of rocks and miniature potted gardens. Their simple and elegant form was one of the most successful amongst classical Chinese furniture and prone to slight variation including waisted and waistless examples, and with or without stretchers, of rectangular and square section. pare with a related huanghuali side table, 16th/17th century, illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, Living with Ming: the Lu Ming Shi Collection , Hong Kong, 200, p.109, no.22.