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A LARGE HUANGHUALI ALTAR TABLE,
QIAOTOU’AN
The top of a single-board floating panel tongue-and-
grooved to the frame with shaped everted flanges,
above a beaded shaped apron, all supported on
round legs joined by double stretchers, the finely
grained wood a warm golden-honey tone.
182.5cm (71 3/4in) long x 40cm (15 3/4in) deep x
86cm (33 7/8in) high.

£12,000 - 15,000
CNY110,000 - 130,000
黄花梨翹頭大案

Provenance: a British private collection

來源：英國私人收藏
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A FINE HUANGHUALI FOLDING STOOL, JIAOWU
Qing Dynasty
Constructed with beaded-edged curvilinear shaped
seat rails carved with floral scrolls, with a woven
seat, the round legs mortised, tenoned and lapped
to the seat rails and base stretchers, hinged by
metal rods passing through holes in their centre
and secured on both sides by prunus-shaped metal 113
plates, reinforced by rectangular plates with ruyi
heads, a rectangular footrest mortised and tenoned
to a pair of legs and base stretcher, metal straps
with ruyi heads added for reinforcements on where
the four legs, base stretcher and leg-seat rail join.
56.5cm (22 1/4in) deep x 55cm (21 3/4in) x 56cm
(22in) high.
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY70,000 - 110,000

清 黃花梨有踏床交杌

Provenance: a British private collection, acquired in
Hong Kong in the 1990s.

來源：英國私人收藏，於二十世紀九十年代購自
香港

The elegant form of the present stool is inspired by
a prototype dating to the Ming dynasty. Easily folded
and carried over the shoulder, light weight, and
durable, folding stools were a practical alternative
for seating when travelling or hunting. Although
separately attached footrests became relatively
rare on chairs during the Ming dynasty, they were
often retained for convenience on stools, which
were more frequently moved.According to Robert
Ellsworth, stools featuring a similar shape as the
present example may have been used as ad-hoc
palanquin seats. The placement of footrests on
both sides in fact suggests that the passenger or
palanquin bearers would not need to turn around
when coming and going. For a huanghuali folding
stool, late Ming dynasty, see R.H.Ellsworth, Chinese
Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi
and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, 114
pp.42-43, no.1. Compare with a related huanghuali
folding stool, 17th/18th century, which was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 3018.

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