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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
         ~ 3042

         A HUANGHUALI WAISTLESS FOOTREST,                  ᪺ڊ˒   ڊՌˡ☹   㷍⩈ᚐ⥋㊤
         JIAOTA                                            ⭧㓀㬷ᡟ㈍ᘇ㚒㧏ᇵ卿Ὅិ⭤卿ᙹឬ卿⏜⡵⁅ᢣ卿ᐦ⫒᥹⢙
         QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY                   ᦔ卿⏜⭧ݤ⩘⒝㲬㓯㑷ǯ
         The single-panel top set within the rectangular frame above plain
                                                           ϝᬝ
         aprons, the whole raised on short legs of square section terminating
         in hoof feet.                                     ૃណల卿㲞ᳰ卿     ჺ
         8º in. (20.9 cm.) high, 28¬ in. (72.6 cm.) wide, 12¬ in. (32 cm.)   ⠢޵➯⤞厀⧻இ☆՞ᘘ⻦།Ⅷ⻦ԋஇۊݰ卿㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿
         deep                                                   ჺ    ᝲ    ᚚ卿ᐽ৅      ⽚
         HK$300,000-400,000              US$39,000-51,000  ⮐㙽
                                                           4IBSPO -FFDFǮ.JDIBFM 'SFFNBO भⶬǶ$IJOB 4UZMFǷ卿     ჺ卿
         PROVENANCE
         Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1994                   㲞ᳰ卿㮰   Ǯ
         Fine Chinese Furniture From Private American Collections, sold
                                                           ஙऒջۊݰԋ卿⭧㓀ᛓཇἃ㓀⭧ᐂ㑷⩧㉑㈷⎏卿Ԯ♑ᐂ㑷Ǯᗟ⭧޿✙卿
         at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, Lot 2006
                                                           ⧡ᙻप♎ஶݰ߿ᙹǯទᐽ㐈ԋᐽ৅      ⽚⎏⥾⊺ԋ卿Քᓼ⥾Ի᫈ԋഒ
         LITERATURE                                        ⻤・Ԗ՞ݩ⭧Ӵ⎏⭧㓀ǯ⭧㓀Ք⣌჎߅→ங࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴ԋ⎏།ݰ㪀
         Sharon Leece and Michael Freeman, China Style, Hong Kong,   ㉑卿ൈഎকᬆǮഎᥑᬆǮ࿶ᘾᬆ卿㇦Ƕᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ഌ⡑厀ᚺ
         2002, pp. 56, 58                                  ᳖།ݰ卻Ӵ卼Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿     ჺ卿㮰             ǯ
         Footrests have been used in association with a wide array of furniture,
         including chairs, couches, painting tables, beds and thrones. Refer   This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/
         to lot 3042 in the current sale for a depiction of footrest before the   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
         central figure of the painting. Formal room settings in the Beijing
                                                           unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for
         Palace Museum that include furniture in combination with footrests,
                                                           further information.
         see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum –
         Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, p.294,   ទᐽ㐈৅⊐㿩᨞ྏ⎏ណㅳ㙁⩧Ꮀǯᇖ      ჺ   ᝲ   ᚚ㑌卿Ꮢᝳ⊐㿩᨞ྏ⎏ណㅳᎰ⎏⁒৅
         302-304. Robert H. Ellsworth illustrates a waisted pair of footrests in   ई $*5&4 ߅ݣऑ❖߰ǯ㩶㬳ℛᇑ $*5&4 ݻ߅ऑ㉓ज卿᫉ᐽ㐈৅गज㙛㘨⯍㲞ᳰಗݤ⎏஠
         Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond   நᎵᇖᎱٛ⎏㲞ᳰᐽ㐈ౚᓽइǯ㋇⯝ཇ།㛑㧰⪩⥿ս⑪㈛㊄ካǯ
         Hung Collection (I), New York, 1996, pp. 58-9, no. 9, later sold at China
         Guardian Hong Kong, 7 October 2019, lot 985.







































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