PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION A Huanghuali Qin Table, Tiaoji18th century The massive, well-figured single board top half-lapped, mortise and tenoned to thick side panels carved with a single yuji cut-out centered above a scroll-work base. 31 1/2in (80cm) high; 80 1/4in (178.5cm) long; 15 1/4in (38.7cm) wide 18 世紀 黃花梨條几琴臺 Tables of this type,posed of a long single board mortise and tenoned to the sideboards, were used for holding musical instruments, reading handscrolls and other leisurely pursuits. The yuji cutouts on each side panel, are symbols of good fortune. See Dr. Chu-Pak Lau. Classical Chinese Huanghuali Furniture from the Haven Collection . Hong Kong. University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2016, no. 45, pp. 192-95, for a jiqimu example. See also the exhibition catalogue, Classical Chinese Wood Furniture , San Francisco Craft & Folk Museum, 1992, p. 21, no. 4, where a seventeenth century huanghuali table with everted flange ends is illustrated with a similar treatment of the side panels which are carved with an open design of a lingzhi or ruyi motif. A woodblock print from The Golden Lotus , 1695 edition is also illustrated and shows such a table in an intimate pavilion setting.