A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS

Lot 2817
29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 2 520 000
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ID 841518
Lot 2817 | A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS
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HKD 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI WAISTED STOOLS

17TH CENTURY

Each stool is constructed with a rectangular frame enclosing the hard mat seat above the narrow waist and the beaded apron, all resting on beaded legs of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in horse hoof feet.

19 1/4 in. (49.5 cm.) high, 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) wide, 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.) deep





Provenance

Two stools: Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong.

Other two stools: Ever Arts, Hong Kong, 1995.

The set was re-united by the current owner.



Literature

National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 66-67.



Exhibited

Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 26 June-5 September 1999.

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

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



Post lot text

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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