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Lot Essay
For a discussion of this form, refer to Sarah Handler's article, "Ablutions and Washing Clean: The Chinese Washbasin and Stand", Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1991, pp. 23-6, and her expanded research in Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley, 2001, pp. 332-44.
Compare a more elaborate example in huanghuali, dated to the late 16th or early 17th century sold in these rooms, Important Chinese Furniture: Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 21 September 1996, lot 101. See, also, the early 18th century example sold in these rooms, 29 March 2006, lot 270.
Compare a more elaborate example in huanghuali, dated to the late 16th or early 17th century sold in these rooms, Important Chinese Furniture: Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 21 September 1996, lot 101. See, also, the early 18th century example sold in these rooms, 29 March 2006, lot 270.