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拍品专文
The seat frame of standard mitred, mortised and tenoned construction was drilled for soft sea. The edge of the frame grooved and moulding downward and inward from about half way down above a waist with two stretchers underneath. The apron below the seat comprises of two horizontal stretchers each carved to simulate two rounded rails separated by two similarly carved mitred struts creating three rectangular spaces underneath the seat. Legs carved in quadrilobed section.
This large pair of chairs are referred to as chandeng (meditation stools) and were likely to have been used as a meditation platform or for sitting in the cross-legged position. Meditation stools such as the current pair enjoyed great popularity and were often placed in scholars’ studios or meditation halls, enabling scholars and monks to meditate as a means of self-cultivation.
Examples of this kind are inspired by bamboo furniture. Compare this pair with the large pair of rose chairs illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Hong Kong, 2007, p. 34, no. 4 and a pair of square stools illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Hong Kong, 1998, pp.74-75, no. 8.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.
This large pair of chairs are referred to as chandeng (meditation stools) and were likely to have been used as a meditation platform or for sitting in the cross-legged position. Meditation stools such as the current pair enjoyed great popularity and were often placed in scholars’ studios or meditation halls, enabling scholars and monks to meditate as a means of self-cultivation.
Examples of this kind are inspired by bamboo furniture. Compare this pair with the large pair of rose chairs illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Hong Kong, 2007, p. 34, no. 4 and a pair of square stools illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Hong Kong, 1998, pp.74-75, no. 8.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.