Lot Essay
Compare the pair of marble-top stools with plainer legs and apron illustrated in Zhang Qun, Qingdai Jiaji Yishu (The Art of Ch'ing Dynasty Furniture), National History Museum, Taiwan, 1985, p. 50
FURNITURE
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A SET OF FOUR MARBLE-TOP HONGMU DRUM STOOLS LATE QING DYNASTY
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A SET OF FOUR MARBLE-TOP HONGMU DRUM STOOLS LATE QING DYNASTY
Of characteristic circular form, the marble seat within a circular frame carved with a band of bosses around the sides supported by six outwardly bowed legs decorated in low relief with ruyi heads and elongated comma scrolls continuing onto the shaped apron mirrored by the shaped stretcher joining the low pad feet
21in. (53.4cm.) high, 12½in. (31.8cm.) diam. of top, 17½in. (44cm.) across (4)
Of characteristic circular form, the marble seat within a circular frame carved with a band of bosses around the sides supported by six outwardly bowed legs decorated in low relief with ruyi heads and elongated comma scrolls continuing onto the shaped apron mirrored by the shaped stretcher joining the low pad feet
21in. (53.4cm.) high, 12½in. (31.8cm.) diam. of top, 17½in. (44cm.) across (4)