A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SQUARE CABRIOLE-LEG STOOLS

A pair of similar huanghuali stools, also dated to the 17th century, in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus, was sold at Christie’s New York, 18 September 1997, lot 44. A single huanghuali cabriole leg stool is illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Ming Shi Jia Ju Zhen Shang (Appreciation of Ming Style Furniture), Beijing, 1985, p. 63, pl. 17, formerly of the Flacks Family Collection, was sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1137. See, also, another single huanghuali cabriole leg stool, in the Wang Shixiang Collection, with shaped aprons and giant’s arm’s braces illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Ming Shi Jia Ju Zhen Shang (Appreciation of Ming Style Furniture), Beijing, 1985, p. 64, pl. 18.