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160 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WINSTON
176 SOTHEBY’S ALEXANDER BARRIE

A PAIR OF ‘HUANGHUALI’ SQUARE
STOOLS (FANGDENG)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

each frame top of standard miter, mortise and
tenon construction, with exposed tenons on
the short sides of the frame, enclosing a hard-
mat seat, supported underside by a straight
transverse stretcher, the molded frame above a
recessed waist and straight beaded apron, over
square-section legs beaded to the inside edge,
joined by beaded humpback stretchers and
ending in hoof feet (2)
Height 19½ in., 49.5 cm; Width 16½in., 41.9 cm;
Depth 16½ in., 41.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Honeychurch Antiques, Hong Kong, 1980s.

Ⴚ$ 10,000-15,000

Honeychurch Antiques 1980

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WINSTON
ALEXANDER BARRIE

A ‘HUANGHUALI’ TWO-DRAWER
COFFER (LIANERCHU)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

the rectangular top with two panels enclosed in
a mitered frame and set with everted anges to
either short end, over shaped spandrels anking
two drawers, over a wide bisected panel and plain
spandreled apron, supported on slightly splayed
legs of rectangular section
Height 32 in., 81.3 cm; Width 48 in., 121.9 cm;
Depth 21 in., 53.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Honeychurch Antiques, Hong Kong, 1980s.

Ⴚ$ 20,000-30,000

Honeychurch Antiques 1980