CHINE, XIXÈME-XXÈME SIÈCLE

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PAIRE DE TABOURETS CARRÉS DE STYLE MING EN HONGMU, FANGDENG
CHINE, XIXÈME-XXÈME SIÈCLE
L'assise en laque noire est insérée dans un cadre carré surmontant un piètement formé de quatre carrés aux angles arrondis joints au niveau de leurs arêtes, formant un cube reposant sur quatre petits patins.
Hauteur : 43,2 cm. (17 in.) ; Largeur : 40,5 cm. (16 in.) ; Profondeur : 40,5 cm. (16 in.)

Provenance

Previously from a Danish private collection.

Special notice

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Further details

A PAIR OF MING-STYLE HONGMU SQUARE STOOLS, FANGDENG
CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

See a similarly constructed huanghuali 'cube' stool, dated late Ming - early Qing dynasty, from the Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection, sold at Sotheby's, 7 October 2015, Hong Kong, lot 102.
Compare to a pair of square stools, also in hongmu, formerly in the Collection of Mrs. Charlotte Hortsmann, illustrated in Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture. Hardwood examples of the Ming and early Ch'ing dynasties, London, Collins, 1971, cat. no. 107, pp. 197 and 260. Another pair of almost identical square stools in unidentified hardwood dated from the 18th century is in the collection of Marcus Flacks.

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