A Pair of Ming Style Huanghuali Stools, Fangdeng
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A Pair of Ming Style Huanghuali Stools, Fangdeng

18TH CENTURY

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A Pair of Ming Style Huanghuali Stools, Fangdeng
18th century
The waisted-edge frame enclosing a hard mat seat, supported on gently curved cabriole legs terminating in ruyi-head feet and joined by beaded kunmen-shaped aprons and humpback stretchers
20 3/8in. (51.7cm.) high, 16¾in. (42.5cm.) square (2)

Lot Essay

Compare these stools with a pair of rectangular form which sold in these rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 82. Refer, also, to two stools formerly from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, but with carved aprons, legs and stretchers, sold in these rooms, 19 September 1996, lot 104, and illustrated in Wang, et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, San Francisco and Chicago, 1995, p. 36, no. 17. See, also, Sarah Handler's article, "The Ubiquitous Stool", JCCFS, Summer 1994, p. 15, figs. 19 and 19a.

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