A huanghuali square stool, fangdeng, Ming dynasty, 17th century | 明十七世紀 黃花梨有束腰馬蹄足羅鍋棖方凳

Hon Ming Antique Furniture, Hong Kong, 1989. 

翰明家具，香港，1989年

Representing one of the most iconic forms in Ming dynasty Chinese furniture, the present stool, fangdeng, is notable for its well-proportioned and elegant silhouette, featuring the characteristic humpback-shaped stretchers and square-section legs ending in horse-hoof feet.

Two stools of this type are included in Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1980, pls A15 and A16. See also a set of four stools from the Dr S.Y. Yip Collection, sold in these rooms, 7th October 2015, lot 134; and another stool from the late Sir Joseph Hotung Collection, sold in these rooms, 9th October 2022, lot 197.

此方凳可鑑明式家具典型制式，結構勻稱，線條優雅，設羅鍋棖及馬蹄足，風格鮮明。

可比兩例，同屬此類，錄王世襄，《明式家具研究》，香港，1980年，圖版A15、A16。另比攻玉山房藏方凳四張一堂，售於香港蘇富比2015年10月7日，編號134；及一張，何鴻卿爵士舊藏，售於香港蘇富比2022年10月9日，編號197。