A HUANGHUALI SQUARE WAISTED STOOL, FANGDENG

LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI SQUARE WAISTED STOOL, FANGDENG
Late 17th/Early 18th Century
The hard-mat seat set in a square top with "ice-plate" edge above a straight waist and simple beaded apron formed from a single piece of wood, supported on straight legs of square section terminating in hoof feet, joined by slightly recessed humpback stretchers
20in. (50.8cm.) high, 24¼in. (61.7cm.) square

Lot Essay

Compare a similar but slightly larger stool formerly in the Jingguantang Collection Part II, sold in these rooms, March 20, 1997, lot 18

See, also, a similar stool of rectangular form illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 61, no. 15