A HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR FOOTREST, JIAOTA 17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR FOOTREST, JIAOTA 17TH CENTURY

The plain paneled top supported on a narrow waist and beaded apron, set upon squat legs terminating in neat hoof feet
6¾in. (17.1cm.) high, 23in. (58.4cm.) wide, 14 1/8in. (35.8cm.) deep

Lot Essay

By tradition, en suite to the preceding lot

Compare the two footrests, one with rollers and the other with a latticework-pattern top, formerly in the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lots 27 and 106

A pair of huanghuali footstools with a plain paneled top in the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection is illustrated by Robert H. Ellsworth, Nicholas Grindley and Anita Christy, Chinese Furniture, One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, pp. 58-59, no. 9