HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Day
A huanghuali rectangular waisted stool, Late Ming dynasty | 明末 黃花梨束腰方凳
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October 9, 07:30 AM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A huanghuali rectangular waisted stool,
Late Ming dynasty
明末 黃花梨束腰方凳
the frame of standard mitre, mortise and tenon construction, the recessed waist above a plain straight apron mortised and tenoned into the square-section legs, joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in well-drawn hoof feet
46.2 by 43 by h. 49.2 cm
Nicholas Grindley, London, 1st September 1987.
Nicholas Grindley，倫敦，1987年9月1日
In the late Ming to early Qing period, stools were made in a variety of styles, mostly with great similarity to contemporaneous table designs. Well proportioned, the silhouette of this pair of waisted stools, with humpback-shaped stretchers and hoof feet, echoes that of a classic banzhuo table.
The ranking of seats in the Ming period was hierarchical with chairs being deemed more important seats reserved for the master of the house and senior guests. Formal occasions would also call for chairs while stools were used in more relaxed gatherings.
Two stools of this type are included in Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1980, pls A15 and A16. See two comparable pairs from the early Qing dynasty in this collection, lots 138 and 166.