LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR STOOLS, CHANGFANGDENG
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The soft-mat seats are enclosed by the rectangular frame with convex moulding and beading, supported on splayed square legs with rounded outer corners, joined by plain double stretchers on the short sides and single stretchers on the long sides, and by the beaded apron with indented corner mouldings.
20 1/4 in. (51.4cm.) high, 20 1/4 in. (51.5cm.) wide, 16 1/4 in. (41.3cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The present stools were originally part of a larger set of four or more identical stools that became separated over time, the other identical pair was sold at Chistie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3240. Compare with an almost identical pair of stools from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 1996, lot 15. Also refer to another pair of stools with similar design and proportions in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Qing Early Dynasties, 1990, Hong Kong, vol. II, p. 19, A3.

This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.

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