A huanghuali basin stand, mianpenjia Late Ming – early Qing dynasty | 明末至清初 黃花梨六足面盆架
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A huanghuali basin stand, mianpenjia
Late Ming – early Qing dynasty
明末至清初 黃花梨六足面盆架
with six legs joined at the centre with six spokes forming the basin stand, the two hind legs extended upwards to support the toprail with two upturned ends, framing the central openwork panel decorated with scrollwork, between two spinnable interlocking motifs
h. 133 cm
Despite having an integral and highly utilitarian function, basin stands belong to one of the rarest types of surviving examples of huanghuali furniture. Basin stands were divided into two main categories, the first being taller with a toprail forming the towel rack as seen on the current example, and the other being shorter with only one compartment for the basin. Both types of basin stands are portrayed in the wall painting at the rear chamber of Baisha tomb no. 1 from the second year of the Yuanfu reign in the Song dynasty (corresponding to 1099), suggesting that the designs of 17th century basin stands derived from earlier prototypes.
面盆架六足，後二足上向上伸展，形成腰棖、中牌子、搭腦。搭腦盡端出頭向上形成彎角，中牌子四角飾捲草紋。中牌子上下均飾活動卡子花，可轉動。造型簡雅精緻。
面盆架與古人生活息息相關，為梳理妝容不可或缺的器物，也是逐漸消失的古代家具，甚為難得。古代面盆架分高、矮兩種，矮者只能放置面盆；高者，如本品搭腦上可掛面巾。河南白沙一號宋（元符二年，即 1099年）墓，後室西南壁壁畫上描繪了此兩種面盆架。至明代，高面盆架更為流行。