Lot Essay
Compare the example with similar hardware, but the legs of round-section where the join meets the feet rather than becoming square-section before the join, included in the exhibition, The Beauty of Huanghuali, Catalogue, p. 18, pl. 1. Two other examples were illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in the Catalogue of the exhibition, The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classical Chinese Furniture, no. 11. Yet another is illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, p. 32, fig. A39
An example with carved upper framework was included in the exhibition, Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 2
For a history of the folding stool in China, refer to the zitan example with footrest illustrated by Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 30, no. 14 and sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 95. See, also, Wu Tung, ''From Imported 'Nomadic Seat' to Chinese Folding Armchair'', JCCFS, Spring 1993, pp. 38-47
An example with carved upper framework was included in the exhibition, Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 2
For a history of the folding stool in China, refer to the zitan example with footrest illustrated by Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 30, no. 14 and sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 95. See, also, Wu Tung, ''From Imported 'Nomadic Seat' to Chinese Folding Armchair'', JCCFS, Spring 1993, pp. 38-47