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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
~945
A PAIR OF HONGMU BAMBOO-FORM INCENSE STANDS The design of these stands is inspired by bamboo furniture. The carpenters
18TH CENTURY carved the members to simulate the nodes on a length of bamboo, while
Each two-panel top is set into the square frame above a tall pierced waist and the angular scrolling of the aprons and base stretchers evoke the bamboo
shaped aprons and spandrels set with vertical struts. The whole is raised on furniture construction technique of bending long stalks of bamboo using
tall, thin legs of rectangular section joined by shaped base stretchers, raised steam or heat. The abundance of bamboo made it popular among the lower
on small tab feet. The frame and members are carved in imitation of lengths of classes, as a cost-efective and more easily portable alternative to the more
bamboo. luxurious hardwood examples.
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) square 清十八世紀 紅木仿竹高束腰方香几一對
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1998.
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