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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG STOOLS, FANGDENG A SMALL HUANGHUALI, NANMU AND SOFTWOOD ROUND-
18th century CORNER TAPERED CABINET, YUANJIAOGUI
Each frame top of standard mitre, mortise and tenon construction, Mid Qing Dynasty
drilled for soft-seat construction, the flat edge of the frame moulding The floating panel top set into a standard mitre, mortise and tenon,
downwards to a recessed waist and plain straight apron, four tongue and groove frame with rounded corners showing exposed
humpback-shaped stretchers tenoned to square-section legs tenons on the short sides, the four main stiles gently splayed and
terminating in hoof feet, the interior of the legs and apron with a finely double-tenoned into the top, rounded on the exterior edges and
beaded edge. Each 50cm (19 11/16in) high x 44.5cm (17 1/2in) wide x square in the interior, beaded along the edge between the stiles and
42cm (16 1/2in) deep (2). the side panels and doors, each door inset with a well-figured nanmu
panel with a dovetailed transverse stretcher tenoned into the door
HKD300,000 - 500,000 frame, the sides inset with hardwood panels, the interior fitted with a
US$39,000 - 65,000 removable shelf and a pair of drawers below, the door frame members
and the central stile fitted with three curved rectangular metal plates
十八世紀 黃花梨束腰方凳一對 with three square lock receptacles.
108cm (42 1/2in) high x 74cm (29 1/8in) wide x 44cm (17 5/16in) deep.
Provenance:
Chan Shing Kee, Hong Kong HKD250,000 - 400,000
A Hong Kong private collection, acquired from the above on 5 October 2007 US$32,000 - 52,000

來源： 清中期 黃花梨嵌楠木及軟木圓角櫃
陳勝記，香港
香港私人收藏，於2007年10月5日從以上購得 Provenance:
A Hong Kong private collection
Compare with a pair of huanghuali stools of similar shape, illustrated
by R.H.Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, New York, 1970, pl.114. A related 來源：
pair of huanghuali stools was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 香港私人收藏
2011, lot 676.

黃花梨為材，格角悶榫攢邊，内裝軟屜，踩邊以木條壓蓋，冰盤沿略
噴出，有束腰，兩側牙板和腿抱肩榫拍合，兩腿之間加羅鍋棖，四腿
内側及牙板下冊起圓線，兜轉馬蹄足。比較一隻明代黃花梨束腰方
凳，其形制頗似，無圓線，見安思遠著，《Chinese Funiture》,紐約
1970年，圖版114。亦可比較紐約蘇富比2011年3月23日售出一對黃
花梨方凳，拍品編號676。
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