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ර A HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR WAISTED STOOL,
͋ ڀ LATE MING DYNASTY
ૣ the frame of standard mitre, mortise and tenon construction, the recessed waist above a plain straight apron mortised and tenoned into
Ҽ the square-section legs, joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in well-drawn hoof feet
46.2 by 43 by h. 49.2 cm
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PROVENANCE Ը๕j
˙ Nicholas Grindley, London, 1st September 1987. Nicholas Grindleydࡐd1987ϋ9˜1˚
ྋ ◉ HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200
In the late Ming to early Qing period, stools were made in a variety of
styles, mostly with great similarity to contemporaneous table designs.
Well proportioned, the silhouette of this pair of waisted stools, with
humpback-shaped stretchers and hoof feet, echoes that of a classic
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.
Two stools of this type are included in Wang Shixiang,
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1980, pls A15 and
A16. See two comparable pairs from the early Qing dynasty in this
collection, lots 138 and 166.
152 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 153
