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155 PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE
170 SOTHEBY’S COLLECTOR

A ‘HUANGHUALI’ TABLE-FORM
STAND
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

the single panel top set within a rectangular,
molded-edge frame above a shaped and
beaded apron, supported on four recessed
rectangular-section beaded legs terminating in
shapely everted, tapering feet, supported on the
underside by a pair of transverse stretchers
Height 10½ in., 26.7 cm; Width 21⅜ in., 54.3 cm;
Depth 14¾ in., 37.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Henri Vetch (1898-1978), Hong
Kong.
Acquired directly from the above in the 1940s in
Hong Kong, and thence by descent.

Ⴚ$ 15,000-20,000

Henri Vetch 1898 1978
1940

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A LARGE ‘HUANGHUALI’ SQUARE
STOOL (FANGDENG)
17TH / 18TH CENTURY

the soft-mat seat set within a wide frame with
double cushion-molding simulating bamboo,
supported on thick cylindrical legs joined by
wrap-around humpback stretchers and openwork
aprons of two vertical posts centered by a
double-ring struts, supported underneath by a
bowed stretcher
Height 20¾ in., 52.7 cm; Width 27 in., 68.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Tepper Galleries, New York, circa 1990.

Ⴚ$ 10,000-15,000

Tepper Galleries 1990