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A FINE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SQUARE WAISTED
CORNER-LEG STOOLS, FANGDENG
17th/18th century
Each stool of mitered, mortise and tenon frame construction with a
beaded edge, the frame enclosing a mat seat, above a narrow waist
and simple apron, all supported on tapered legs of square section
joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet.
Each 47.4cm (18 5/8in) high x 45cm (17 6/8in) wide x 45.3cm
(17 6/8in) deep. (2).

£60,000 - 100,000
CNY540,000 - 890,000

十七 ／十八世紀 黃花梨方凳一對

Provenance:
Peking Furniture Company, Beijing, by repute
Delia Tyrwhitt Collection, Connecticut, USA, acquired from the above
in the early 1940s, by repute
Jean-Yves Ollivier Collection

來源：
據傳為北京傢俱公司收藏
美國康乃狄克州Delia Tyrwhitt女士舊藏，據傳於1940年代初購自上者
歐宗易先生珍藏

Corner-leg stools were highly regarded during the Ming dynasty. They 黃花梨為材，色如琥珀，素冰盤沿，束腰與牙板一木連做，弓形羅鍋
were stable and durable due to their apron and waist carved from a 棖，翻轉馬蹄足，邊線起棱，俗稱「方材倒楞」，整器簡潔優美，雋
single piece of wood. For a detailed discussion about the use of stools 永大方。
during the Ming dynasty, see R.Jacobsen, Classical Chinese Furniture
in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, p.38 and Wang 有關明代方凳用處的詳細討論，請閱R.Jacobsen著，《Classic
Shixang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Chinese Furniture; Ming and Early Qing Dynasties（中國傳統傢
Dynasties, vol.1, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.102-104. A pair of related 俱：明及清初）》，明尼亞波利斯，1999年，頁38；及王世襄
stools, 17th/18th century, is illustrated by Wang Shixang in Classic 著，《Connoissuership of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing
Chinese Furniture; Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, London, 1986, Dynasties（中國傢俱鑒賞：明及清初）》，卷1，香港，1990年，頁
no.61. 102至104。

A related pair of stools, 17th century, was sold at Bonhams New York, 一對相關的十七/十八世紀方凳，可參閱王世襄著，《Connoissuership
12 September 2016, lot 6009; two other related huanghuali stools, of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties（中國傢俱鑒賞：
17th century, were sold at Sotheby’s London, 11 November 2015, lots 明及清初）》，倫敦，1986年，編號61。紐約邦瀚斯拍賣曾經於
3 and 21. 2016年9月12日拍賣一對相關的十七世紀方凳，拍品6009；另外兩件
相關的十七世紀黃花梨方凳，則於2015年11月11日倫敦蘇富比拍賣，
拍品3及21號。

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