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A HUANGHUALI MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STAND

Lot 1113
29.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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HKD 1 008 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1331427
Lot 1113 | A HUANGHUALI MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STAND
Estimate value
HKD 550 000 – 980 000
A HUANGHUALI MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STAND
LATE MING DYNASTY
This stand is of folding construction and comprises two identical parts. Each part has a rounded top rail which begins and ends in flattened round knobs, engraved with a curl to accentuate the turn of the ends. The two legs are mortised, tenoned and lapped to the top rail and the base feet stretcher. There are inlaid ruyi-head huangtong mounts where they meet. Near the upper and the lower ends are two horizontal stretchers. The two identical parts are joined by metal rods passing through openings in the middle of their legs, serving as hinges and cushioned with round huangtong plates on both ends. Metal rings cushioned with plates are fitted to the higher level horizontal stretchers to allow a detachable metal rod ending with a hook on each end to constrain the stand to an appropriate height.
35 7/16 in. (90 cm.) wide, 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm.) deep, 31 7/8 in. (81 cm.) high when extended; 49 3/8 in. (125.5 cm.) high when folded




Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1994
The MQJ Collection, Hong Kong



Literature

Grace Wu Bruce Co. Ltd., Ming Furniture, Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 62-63
Grace Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, p. 262
Grace Wu, The Best of the Best- The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture- vol. 2, Beijing, 2017, pp. 422-425
Grace Wu, Three Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2024, p. 262



Exhibited

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The Best of the Best- The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture, 29 September-2 October 2017
Christie’s Hong Kong, A Special Exhibition of the MQJ Collection, 11-15 October 2024
Auction house category:All other types of objects
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom
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