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A pair of large hardwood square corner leg stools Fangdeng,…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
19-Jul-2016
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Description:
A pair of large hardwood square corner leg stools Fangdeng, inspired by a bamboo prototype, each with a soft mat seat within a square frame with double-moulded edge to mimic cane, over a double moulded apron extending to form the corner legs simulating four slender bamboo rods, joined at the top by humpback stretchers and by four stretchers at the base also rounded to simulate four bamboo rods, the wood with attractive patina resembling huanghuali, 48 cm high, 59.5 cm wide, 59.5 cm deep (each) . Compare with a huanghuali stool illustrated by Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 1963, fig. 77, pl. 97 left, see also a pair of stools of this type dated to the 17th century from the Dr. Yip collection sold Christie's, New York, 20 September 2002, lot 58
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Category:
Oriental: Furniture