A Pair of Chinese Export Huanghuali and Mixed-Wood Tray Tables

Early 20th Century

民國黃花梨嵌銅拼雜木托盤式摺叠邊几
the rectangular tray top highlighted in gilt with floral sprigs, the borders decorated with foliate scrolls, raised on s-shaped legs.

Height 19 3/4 x length 23 x depth 13 3/4 in., 50 x 58.5 x 35 cm.

Property from the Collection of Cheng Bao-nan, Taiwan, thence by descent

鄭寶南大使舊藏。

鄭寶南（1910-1990）号南生，祖籍番禺，生于南京。1925-32年留学英美，歸國后供職於國民政府外交部。抗戰時派驻纽约总领馆擔副领事，兼美國醫藥助華會駐重慶代表，及國際宣傳處駐芝加哥辦事處主任。1945年抗戰勝利後代表國民政府供職聯合國，歷任救濟總署代表，人權委員會中國代表，經濟、社會理事會中國代表，聯合國大會代表等職。1962年-64年及1967-72年兩度任駐聯合國日內瓦辦事處大使銜主任。1972年起，任行政院新聞局駐英國倫敦辦事處主任。晚年退居台灣。

鄭氏一生出使外洋無數，鑒藏印“足跡英美法意瑞德昆菲諸國”可見一斑。所蓄藏品皆爲同輩名家所贈。鄭氏遺女久居芝加哥，十年前我司受委托釋出藏瓷，今次釋出所餘。

Overall in steady and decent condition. Light wear throughout the top trays with dust to the recesses. A few age splits.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.