A FINE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI WAISTED CORNER-LEG STOOLS, FANGDENG
17th/18th centuryEach fitted with a soft cane seat set within a plain square frame, the whole supported by square-section legs joined by hump-back stretchers and terminating in hoof feet. 58cm (22 7/8in) square x 51cm (20in) high. (2).
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十七/十八世紀 黃花梨四面平羅鍋棖方凳成對Provenance: an important European private collection來源:歐洲重要私人收藏Surviving examples of stools made in the late Ming and early Qing period include a variety of styles, mostly with great similarity to table designs dating to the same period. The present pair of stools, characterised by a recessed waist, hump-back shaped stretcher and hoof feet, is a popular form perfected during the Ming dynasty.The ranking of seats during the Ming period was hierarchical with chairs serving as more formal seats and stools used in more relaxed gatherings. This classic design of the present pair is typical of the Ming period. Stools were usually made in sets and pairs but easily became separated over time. The present pair displays excellent proportions and exemplifies the elegance of undecorated Chinese hardwood furniture at its best. The lines are pure, the form simple and restrained. For a general discussion about the evolution of stools throughout Chinese history, see S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley and London, 2001, pp.82-102; see also Wang Shixang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol.1, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.27-33.A similar huanghuali corner-leg stool, 17th century, is illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol.2, Hong Kong, 2016, p.19, no.A3 and vol.1, pp.27-31. See also a pair of similar huanghuali stools, late Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 October 2015, lot 134.凳面攢框裝軟屜,中部微微下垂的邊抹以粽角榫和四足相聯結,呈四面平式。羅鍋棖以格肩榫與腿足相交。四足下端略向內兜轉,馬蹄高翻。整體綫條爽利,簡潔內斂。不同於通常見棱見角的粽角榫,本例非常少見的使用方材而全身倒棱,體現圓渾的意趣。同時雖然本例並無牙條,但邊抹中部微微弧形下垂,殊為別緻。參考一件十七世紀黃花梨方凳,收錄於王世襄著,「明式家具研究」,卷二,香港,2016年,頁19,編號A3。另比較一對明晚期黃花梨方凳,售於香港蘇富比,2015年10月7日,拍品編號134。
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