A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI DRUM STOOLS, ZUODUN

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A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI DRUM STOOLS, ZUODUN
17TH CENTURY

Each with a small recessed soft-mat seat set within a circular frame, supported on four long, elegantly curved, beaded legs flaring at the top and bottom where they are joined by symmetrical, generously curving beaded aprons, the upper and lower borders outlined by beading and set with large 'nail head' bosses, all raised on low pad feet
15in. (38cm.) high, 18½in. (47cm.) diameter
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Literature

Sarah Handler, "The Ubiquitous Stool", JCCFS, Summer 1994, p. 18, fig. 24
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 40, no. 19

Lot Essay

Compare the zitan stool with straight apron and paneled seat from the Chengde Palace illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, p. 29, A33. See, also, the huanghuali drum stool illustrated by Curtis Evarts in "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection", JCCFS, Autumn 1992, p. 10, fig. 8