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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR 明末 / 清初 黃花梨無束腰長方凳一對

STOOLS, CHANGFANGDENG 可參考中國古典家具博物館舊藏一對幾乎完全相同之黃花梨長方凳，於
紐約佳士得拍賣，1996年9月19日，拍品15號。亦可參考上海博物館藏一
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY 對與本拍品近似之黃花梨方凳，載於王世襄《明清家具研究》，卷二，
香港，1990年，頁19，圖版A3；以及一件黃花梨方凳，載於艾克（Gustav
The soft-mat seats are enclosed by the rectangular frame with Ecke）《中國花梨家具圖考》，東京，1962年，圖版95，編號75。

convex molding and indented 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, the apron-head spandrels with indented

corner moldings, the underside with a pair of transverse braces.

20 º in. (51.4cm.) high, 20 º in. (51.5cm.) wide,

16 º in. (41.3cm.) deep (2)

HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000

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; and a single stool illustrated by
Gustav Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, 1962, Tokyo, pl. 95, no. 75.

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