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ɤ ර A PAIR OF MARBLE-INSET HUANGHUALI FLUTED STOOLS,
ɖ ڀ 17TH - 18TH CENTURY
Ї ૣ each of barrel-form with twenty elegant lobed ribs, the top inset with a circular marble panel, all raised on five short feet

ɤ ల h. 41.5 cm
ɞ ɽ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
˰ ଣ R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 21st December 1987. τܠჃdॲߒd1987ϋ12˜21˚
ߏ ͩ ◉ HK$ 200,000-300,000

ࠦ US$ 25,500-38,300
Ѭ In form, the present pair of fluted stools draws inspiration from
ᄧ nature. The gracefully lobed seats are enhanced by the dreamstone-
inset top and small protruding feet. See a similar stool in the
ɓ collection of Alice Boney, illustrated in Robert Hatfield Ellsworth,

࿁ Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing
Dynasty, London, 1998, pl. 104; and a melon-shaped fluted stool with
ring handles but without marble inset included in Wang Shixiang,
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1980, pl. A38.

84 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 85