17TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG STOOLS
17TH CENTURY
Each has a mat seat set in a rectangular frame above a narrow waist and elegantly shaped, beaded apron. The whole is raised on beaded legs of square section terminating in hoof feet and joined by humpback stretchers.
20 ¼ in. (51.4 cm.) high, 19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) wide, 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep

Provenance

MD Flacks Ltd., New York, 2002.

Literature

MD Flacks Ltd., Classical Chinese Furniture IV, Spring 2001, New York, p. 10, no. 5.

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 and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

The present pair of stools is distinguished by the elegant cusped aprons, sometimes referred to as 'horse-belly' aprons. A related pair of huanghuali stools of similar proportions with beaded 'horse-belly' aprons and legs, formerly in the collection of Alice Boney, is illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth, Classical Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 203, no. 115. See, also, another pair constructed with plain 'horse belly' aprons and legs illustrated by R. Jacobson and N. Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, p. 38, no. 2.

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