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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A LADY
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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR STOOLS, A HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER CABINET, FANGJIAOGUI
CHANGFANGDENG 18TH-19TH CENTURY
17TH-18TH CENTURY Elegantly proportioned, the cabinet has a protruding top frame raised on
The mat seat is set in a rectangular frame above a narrow waist and beaded square-section members. The attractively figured doors are fitted flush
apron. The whole is supported on beaded, square-section legs joined by around the removable center stile and open to reveal the shelved interior
humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet. above the beaded apron carved with interlocking scrolls.
20º in. (51.4 cm.) high, 20Ω in. (52.1 cm.) wide, 16Ω in. (41.9 cm.) deep (2) 62Ω in. (158.8 cm.) high, 39¿ in. (99.4 cm.) wide, 21Ω in. (54.6 cm.) deep

$70,000-90,000 $80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Grace Wu Bruce Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, 14 December 1991. Robert and William Drummond, New York, 1951.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, #F-302.
The corner-leg stool is a standard form found in classic Chinese furniture, Acquired from the above in 1974.
though a number of variations are known. A similarly proportioned
huanghuali stool from the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, is illustrated The fangjiaogui, or square-corner cabinet, appears to be rarer than its
by Wang Shixiang in Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing counterpart, the yuanjiaogui, or tapered cabinet, which is constructed
Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 61, no. 15. Another example was sold at The with round corners. A huanghuali square-corner cabinet with
Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part II: Chinese Furniture, Scholar’s bookmatched panel doors and carved, molded apron joining the legs is
Objects and Chinese Paintings, Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 168. illustrated by G. Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Vermont and Tokyo,
A third example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 1962, pl. 131, no. 104. Another huanghuali square-corner cabinet of similar
2007. proportions was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Furniture
from Private American Collections, 28 November 2012, lot 2029.

清十七/十八世紀 黃花梨長方凳一對
清十八/十九世紀 黃花梨方角櫃

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