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A PAIR OF TIELIMU SQUARE WAISTED CORNER-LEG STANDS, A PAIR OF HONGMU BARREL-SHAPED STOOLS
FANGDENG Qing Dynasty
18th century Each circular top resting on a shaped apron, extending into four
Each with a mat central panel set within a square frame above curved legs bulging near the centre of the stool, all resting on a
a narrow waist and elegant beaded apron, the whole raised on shaped ring base supported on four trefoil pad feet, the edges of the
beaded legs of square section terminating in hoof feet and joined by top frame decorated with studded bosses.
humpback stretchers. 52cm (20 1/2in) high x 37.7cm (14 6/8in) diam. (2).
51cm (20in) high x 50.5cm (19 7/8in) square. (2).
£600 - 800
£600 - 800 CNY5,400 - 7,200
CNY5,400 - 7,200
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
清 紅木圓凳成對
十八世紀 鐵力木方凳成對
Provenance: Sotheby’s London, February 1998, lot 1123
Compare with a very similar pair of tielimu stools, 18th century, which
was sold in ‘The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part II’, at 來源：倫敦蘇富比，1998年2月，拍品編號1123
Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 116.
The shape of the present stools closely compares with a related
pair of huanghuali barrel-shaped stools illustrated by Wang Shixiang
and C.Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese
Furniture, Hong Kong, 1995, pl.19, where the stools are compared
with a Ming dynasty zitan drum stool in the Chengde Palace. See a
related pair of hongmu barrel stools, Qing dynasty, which was sold at
Christie’s New York, 24 September 2020, lot 924.

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