THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE STOOLS, FANGDENG

细节
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE STOOLS, FANGDENG
Each with a square flush-paneled top within a mitred frame and 'ice-plate' edge above a narrow waist supported on a plain, thick apron, the square-section legs joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in inward-curving hoof feet, the underside with a pair of transverse braces
20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high, 21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) wide, 21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) deep (2)
来源
Collection of Dickson Reck, purchased in the 1930s or 1940s.

拍品专文

Typical of Chinese multifunctional furniture, these stoutly made stools, with thick aprons compensating structurally for the stretcherless design, could equally be used as small tea tables or stands.

Not illustrated