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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
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A RARE HUANGHUALI KANG CABINET A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI BARREL-FORM STOOLS
17TH CENTURY 17TH-18TH CENTURY
22æ in. (56.7 cm.) high, 19¡ in. (49.2 cm.) wide, 11q in. (29. 2 cm.) deep 20º in. (51.4 cm.) high, 14º in. (36.2 cm.) diam.

$40,000-60,000 $80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
C. L. Ma Antiques, Hong Kong, 3 February 1996. Private collection, England.
Acquired in London, 2004.

美४西岸珍藏
Standard barrel-form stools have shaped aprons and conjoined scroll-work
十ˑˠ紀ǎ黃花梨炕櫃 on the sides, and are most commonly constructed from hongmu with marble
or burl-inset seats. The present pair is a rare variation on the standard
Ϝ源
form. Constructed in huanghuali and with a solid seat, the present pair
馬可樂
香港
年 月 日 has rare slatted sides and an elongated body. Wang Shixiang illustrates in
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1990, vol. II, pp. 30, pl.
A37, a related zitan barrel-form stool also with a slatted body, where the
author states that the design resembles window lattices or bird cages. A
pair of very rare huanghuali barrel-form stools formerly from the Museum of
Classical Chinese Furniture sold at Christie’s New York, 22-23 September,
2022, lot 793.
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重要美४珍藏
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Ϝ源
私́珍藏
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