Lot 2817
2817
A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS
A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS
A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS
A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS
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A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS

17TH CENTURY

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A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS
17TH CENTURY
Each stool is constructed with a rectangular frame enclosing the hard mat seat above the narrow waist and the beaded apron, all resting on beaded legs of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in horse hoof feet.
19 1/4 in. (49.5 cm.) high, 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) wide, 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.) deep
Provenance
Two stools: Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong.
Other two stools: Ever Arts, Hong Kong, 1995.
The set was re-united by the current owner.
Literature
National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 66-67.
Exhibited
Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 26 June-5 September 1999.
Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-2019.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
Further details
Please note these lots contain a type of Dalbergia wood that is subject to CITES export/import restrictions. However, as in each lot (or each individual item in the lot) the weight of this type of Dalbergia does not exceed 10 kg, starting from 1 May 2021, CITES license is no longer required for importing the lot (or the individual item in the lot) into Hong Kong. Before you decide to bid, please check whether your destination country permits import without CITES license. If CITES license is required, we will make the lot available for your collection in Hong Kong. We will not cancel your purchase due to any CITES restrictions impacting the import of the lot to the destination country.

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Lot Essay

It is rare to find a set of four stools which have survived from the Ming period as they were frequently separated overtime. The present stools were acquired from two respected furniture dealers: Peter Lai and Charles Wong and were re-united together in the Tseng Collection.
The simplistic but elegant style of the present stools makes them suitable for a variety of settings. Stools of this form exist with slight variations, with soft and hard mat seats, with and without stretchers, with or without carved surfaces. A similar pair of stool was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Furniture From Private American Collections, 28 November 2012, lot 2007. Two pairs of closely related huanghuali stools from the collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth were sold at Christie's New York, 18 March 2015, lots 130 and 168.

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