A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI WAISTED CORNER-LEG STOOLS, FANGDENG
17th centuryBoth stools gracefully proportioned, the rectangular frame mitered and with moulded edges, the soft-mat seat supported on bowed transverse stretchers, with a recessed waist turning into a plain straight apron, raised on legs of square section terminating in hoof feet. 44.5cm (17 1/2in) high x 50cm (19 5/8in) wide x 50cm (19 5/8in) deep (2).
注脚
十七世紀 黃花梨有束腰羅鍋棖方凳成對Provenance: an important European private collection來源:歐洲重要私人收藏Notable for their restrained design and understated elegance, the present pair of stools was suited to a variety of settings. Examples exist in a variety of designs, with both soft and hard-mat seats, with and without stretchers, and with and without carved surface decoration.Stools were the most common seating during the Ming period and are considered by scholars to be amongst the earliest seating forms in China. They were used since at least the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 BC), as suggested by the depiction of a stool on a fragment of a bronze vessel excavated in Jiangsu Province, displayed in the Nanjing Museum. In later dynasties, stools were also used as formal seats for deities, as shown in wall frescoes of Buddhist caves in North China, dated to the fourth and fifth century AD. According to Sarah Handler, chairs and tables in China developed from the basic design of stools, so that 'adding armrests conclusively changes a stool into a chair: expanding the dimensions of the stool's top produces a table'; see S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley and London, 2001, pp.82-102. For similar huanghuali stools, 17th century, see Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol.2, Hong Kong, 2016, p.19, no.A3 and vol.1, pp.27-31, where the author discusses the general form. Compare with a similar pair of huanghuali stools, 17th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 925.方材,攢框裝軟屜,弧型托棖,冰盤沿上舒下斂,層次豐富。有束腰,羅鍋棖。四腿並非完全垂直,下端略向內兜轉,弧線柔和,足底馬蹄高翻,是明代杌凳的典型設計。本例比例勻稱,是設計簡約純粹、線條優美明式家具之代表作。杌凳這類明代最為常見的坐具,被認為是中國最早的坐具形式之一。南京博物館館藏江蘇出土一件東周時期青銅禮器碎片,鑄有杌凳形紋飾。公元四至五世紀的佛教石窟壁畫中,也??可見杌凳用作神明的坐具。Sarah Handler認為,中國古代的桌椅皆由杌凳這種基本形式演化而來——添加扶手即為椅,擴大尺寸則成桌;見S.Handler著,《Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture》,柏克萊,2001年,頁82-102頁。參考一例十七世紀黃花梨杌凳,見王世襄著,《明式家具研究》,卷二,香港,2016年,頁19,編號A3;及有關杌凳的形式綜述,見卷一,頁27-31。另有一對十七世紀黃花梨長方凳,售於紐約佳士得,2013年3月21日,拍品編號925,可資比對。
For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licences please contact Bonhams Shipping Department.
Bonhams continues to hold viewings and sales in accordance with government guidelines. In order to comply with social distancing guidelines, in-person bidding for this sale will be by reservation only and we recommend registering in advance to confirm your reserved place. To book your place for viewing or bidding in the saleroom, please email suzi.yang@bonhams. You can register on the Bonhams app, online or arrange to bid by telephone or place an absentee bid. For up to date information on the sale and how to register, please contact our Client Services at info@bonhams.com or on 020 7447 7447.
买家佣金及收费 For all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:
Buyer's Premium Rates 27.5% on the first ?10,000 of the hammer price; 25% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of ?10,000 up to and including ?450,000; 20% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of ?450,000 up to and including ?4,500,000; and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of ?4,500,000.
VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right.
买家责任 ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.
If you have any complaints or questions about the Conditions of Sale, please contact your nearest customer services team.
付款须知 For payment information please refer to the sale catalogue.
运输须知 For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licences please contact Bonhams Shipping Department.