A VERY RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SQUARE STOOLS, FANGDENG
17th/18th centuryEach fitted with a mat seat, set within a square frame above a plain narrow waist and beaded apron, all gracefully supported on thick, beaded legs of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet. 50cm (19 6/8in) high x 47cm (18 1/2in) wide x 42.5cm (16 6/8in) deep (2).
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十七/十八世紀 黃花梨有束腰羅鍋棖方凳成對Provenance: Peter Lai Antiques Ltd. (label)An important European private collection來源:香港古董商黎氏古玩(標籤)歐洲重要私人收藏Characterised by crisp linear form and understated charm, the present type of stools was highly popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties, used in a variety of settings. The earliest examples of the present type were stable and durable due to their apron and waist carved from a single piece of wood. Stools were the most commonly used forms of seating during the Ming period and appear to be amongst the earliest seating forms in China. They were used since at least the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 BC) as shown by a bronze ritual vessel depicting a figure seated on a stool about to receive the offerings presented by a group of figures in a procession. In later times, stools also served as seats for religious figures. Because of their relatively small size, they could be easily moved between the various halls of a courtyard house as well as be used outdoors during scholarly gatherings. For a fuller discussion about stools, see S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley and London, 2001, pp.82-102. See also 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 two pairs of similar huanghuali stools, 17th century, formerly in the collection of Robert Ellsworth, which were sold at Christie's New York, 18 March 2015, lots 130 and 168. See also a pair of related huanghuali stools, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2007.方材,攢框裝軟屜,冰盤沿上舒下斂,至底壓一道窄平線。有束腰,羅鍋棖。腿足沿邊起陽線,與牙條陽線銜接貫通。四足並非完全垂直,下端略向內兜轉,馬蹄內翻有力。杌凳是明清時期極為常見的坐具,也被認為是中國最早的坐具形式之一。現存最早的考古證據為一件東周時期青銅禮器碎片,紋飾可見人物坐於杌凳之上。公元四至五世紀的佛教石窟壁畫中也可見杌凳的身影。因其造型小巧、質量輕便,十分適合室內外各類場合,是文人雅集的常用坐具。有關杌凳的詳細論述,可參S.Handler著,《Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture》,柏克萊,2001年,頁82-102頁;及王世襄著,《明式家具研究》,卷一,香港,1990年,頁27-33。參考安思遠舊藏兩對十七至十八世紀黃花梨方凳,售於紐約佳士得,2015年3月18日,拍品編號130及168;以及一對明晚期至清早期黃花梨長方凳,售於香港佳士得,2012年11月28日,拍品編號2007。
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