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ɤ ߎ A PAIR OF HONGMU WAISTED STOOLS,
ɖ ˝ 17TH CENTURY
˰ Ҽ each with the top of standard mitre, mortise and tenon construction enclosing a matted seat, with moulded sides above a narrow waist
ߏ ໐ continuing to a plain apron, raised on four straight legs ending in hoof feet and joined by humpbacked stretchers below the apron
54.2 by 54.2 by h. 51.5 cm
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ྋ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Eastern Pacific Co. (Hei Hung-Lu), Hong Kong, 10th January 1983.
ɓ ؇इਠБලݳສd࠰ಥd1983ϋ1˜10˚
࿁ ◉ HK$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,300-64,000
In the late Ming to early Qing period, stools were made in a variety of Two stools of this type are included in Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship
styles, mostly with great similarity to contemporaneous table designs. of Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1980, pls A15 and A16. See also an
Well proportioned, the silhouette of this pair of waisted stools, with identical pair in this collection, lot 166, and a further single example,
humpback-shaped stretchers and hoof feet, echoes that of a classic lot 197.
banzhuo table.
The ranking of seats in the Ming period was hierarchical with chairs
being deemed more important seats reserved for the master of the
house and senior guests. Formal occasions would also call for chairs
while stools were used in more relaxed gatherings.
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