Smith & Singer
Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
45

A pair of large hardwood square corner leg stools Fangdeng

(2)

Estimate $3,500 – $4,500

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inspired by a bamboo prototype, each with a soft mat seat within a square frame with double-moulded edge to mimic cane, over a double moulded apron extending to form the corner legs simulating four slender bamboo rods, joined at the top by humpback stretchers and by four stretchers at the base also rounded to simulate four bamboo rods, the wood with attractive patina resembling huanghuali

(2)
48 cm high, 59.5 cm wide, 59.5 cm deep (each)

  • Lot Sold $3,500 (Hammer Price)
  • $4,270 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

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Catalogue Notes

Compare with a huanghuali stool illustrated by Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 1963, fig. 77, pl. 97 left; see also a pair of stools of this type dated to the 17th century from the Dr. Yip collection sold Christie's, New York, 20 September 2002, lot 58

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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0807  |  19 Jul 2016  |  Sydney
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