Lot Essay
See Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture, p. 62, no. 16, for a stool of related form with crossed stretchers. Refer, also, to Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, pl. 94, no. 72 for a related piece
Details
A HIGH HUANGHUALI BRAZIER STAND, HUOPENJIA
16TH CENTURY
The top with a large rectangular aperture to accomodate the brazier pan, and 'ice-plate' edge above a straight waist continuous with the cusped, arched apron with openwork cloudheads at the corners, the 'leather-strip' molding continuing down the legs, each carved with a foliate motif supported on a stem, terminating in inward scrolling feet on rounded pads, joined by crossed stretchers, the baitong pan a replacement
23 5/8in. (60cm.) high, 20 1/8in. (51cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep
16TH CENTURY
The top with a large rectangular aperture to accomodate the brazier pan, and 'ice-plate' edge above a straight waist continuous with the cusped, arched apron with openwork cloudheads at the corners, the 'leather-strip' molding continuing down the legs, each carved with a foliate motif supported on a stem, terminating in inward scrolling feet on rounded pads, joined by crossed stretchers, the baitong pan a replacement
23 5/8in. (60cm.) high, 20 1/8in. (51cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep
Literature
Sarah Handler, "Perfumed Coals in Precious Braziers Burn", JCCFS, Summer 1991, p. 4, figs. 1, 17a and 17b
Wang Shixiang, "Additional Examples of Classical Chinese Furniture", Orientations, January 1992, p. 49, no. 13
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 164, no. 76
Wang Shixiang, "Additional Examples of Classical Chinese Furniture", Orientations, January 1992, p. 49, no. 13
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 164, no. 76