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.