A VERY RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI FAN-SHAPED STOOLS

Lot 2802
29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 1 134 000
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ID 841509
Lot 2802 | A VERY RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI FAN-SHAPED STOOLS
Estimate value
HKD 500 000 – 800 000
A VERY RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI FAN-SHAPED STOOLS

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Each stool is elegantly formed in imitation of bamboo furniture, with the fan-shaped top panel set within double-ribbed frame of conforming shape and raised on round-section legs joined by stretchers below the waist.

18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high, 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) wide, 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm.) deep





Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1996





Exhibited

Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-2019.



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Please note these lots contain a type of Dalbergia wood that is subject to CITES export/import restrictions. However, as in each lot (or each individual item in the lot) the weight of this type of Dalbergia does not exceed 10 kg, starting from 1 May 2021, CITES license is no longer required for importing the lot (or the individual item in the lot) into Hong Kong. Before you decide to bid, please check whether your destination country permits import without CITES license. If CITES license is required, we will make the lot available for your collection in Hong Kong. We will not cancel your purchase due to any CITES restrictions impacting the import of the lot to the destination country.
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