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Lot Essay
Although Chinese chairs are traditionally fitted with a footrest stretcher, a larger separate footstool was more comfortable to use. For a discussion on footrests, refer to S. Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley, 2001, pp. 213-4.
Compare the example illustrated by Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago, 1995, pp. 26-7, no. 13 and sold in these rooms September 19,1996, lot 27 and another sold in the same saleroom, 18 September 1997, lot 12. Compare, also, the larger stool with six wumu rollers illustrated in G. Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 148-9, no. 59, and sold in these rooms, 20 September 2002, lot 24.
Compare the example illustrated by Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago, 1995, pp. 26-7, no. 13 and sold in these rooms September 19,1996, lot 27 and another sold in the same saleroom, 18 September 1997, lot 12. Compare, also, the larger stool with six wumu rollers illustrated in G. Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 148-9, no. 59, and sold in these rooms, 20 September 2002, lot 24.