A HUANGHUALI TOWEL RACK AND WASHBASIN STAND, MIANPENJIA
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A HUANGHUALI TOWEL RACK AND WASHBASIN STAND, MIANPENJIA

17TH/18TH CENTURY

已結束2010年9月17日

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A HUANGHUALI TOWEL RACK AND WASHBASIN STAND, MIANPENJIA
17TH/18TH CENTURY
With crest rail terminating in confronted chilong heads supported on two tall posts flanked at the top by chi-dragon spandrels, and framing a reticulated panel of two chilong confronted around a pearl at the center above a shaped, beaded apron, connected to the basin stand, formed by upper and lower wheel-shaped huanghuali stretchers comprised of six spokes, the tops of the legs of the stand terminating in lotus bud finials
66 in. (167.6 cm.) high, 17 in. (44.4 cm.) wide, 16 3/8 (41.1 cm.) deep

Grace Wu Bruce.

專家說明

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.