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Footrests have been used in association with a wide array of furniture, 腳踏常與一系列家具一同出現，如椅、榻、案、床、寶座等。北京故宮博物院
including chairs, couches, painting tables, beds and thrones. Formal room 內亦將腳踏與其他家具組合作陳設，可見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：明
settings in the Beijing Palace Museum include furniture in combination
with footrests. For such examples, see The Complete Collection of 清家具（I）》，香港，2002年，頁294，302-304。本品的尺寸及造型可與另一
Treasures of the Palace Museum – Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 非常相似的黃花梨腳踏作比對，可能原為一對。該例著錄於伍嘉恩，《木趣
(II), Hong Kong, 2002, p.294, 302-304. 居—家具中的嘉具》，第二冊，北京，2017年，頁310-13。

The present footrest can be compared to a huanghuali example very
similar in size and design, which could be the pair to the present one,
illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, The Best of the Best – The MQJ Collection
of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2017, Vol. 2, p. 310-313.

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