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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 清十七至十八世紀
A RARE ZITAN RECTANGULAR STOOL 紫檀束腰鼓腿彭牙馬蹄足帶托泥長方凳
QING DYNASTY, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY
the top with a tongue and grooved inset panel set within a 來源：
mitred frame with cusped corners above a constricted straight 香港佳士得1994年10月31日，編號414
waist detailed with raised circular and elliptical motifs, all
supported on a thin raised band and a beaded-edged apron 此凳紫檀作，用料奢華，工藝講究，簡樸淨雅。
accentuated ruyi motifs and further continuing into thick
bulging legs of square section terminating in incurved feet, the 凳子學名「杌凳」，「杌」者「樹無枝也」，因此沒
legs similarly carved with beaded edges and ruyi projections, 有靠背為杌凳，有靠背為椅子。中原生活文化由遠古
all resting on a rectangular humpbacked base stretcher raised
on four short feet 的席地而坐，經歷兩晉南北朝、唐代，已經逐漸演變
45 by 36 by h. 51 cm, 17¾ by 14⅛ by h. 20 in. 到垂足而坐，凳子的使用得以逐漸普及，至宋杌凳經
已成形，普及至生活中。
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 31st October 1994, lot 414. 杌凳種類、樣式繁多，用途各異。從明萬曆刻本《養
正圖解》可見，它是明式家具中必備的一種，無論在
HK$ 250,000-350,000 宮廷中，成為閣臣的坐具（圖一），或在百姓生活中
US$ 32,200-45,100 （圖二）。

fig. 1 fig. 2
Illustration in Yangzheng tujie [Illustrated com- Illustration in Yangzheng tujie [Illustrated com-
pendium on moral cultivation], Ming dynasty, pendium on moral cultivation], Ming dynasty,
Wanli period edition Wanli period edition
圖一 圖二
明萬曆刊本《養正圖解》插圖 明萬曆刊本《養正圖解》插圖

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