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A VERY RARE LARGE HUANGHUALI FOLDING STOOL, JIAOWU
17TH CENTURY
The elegantly formed stool with two thick members carved and shaped with tendrils to the sides forming the upper seat are connected by a woven top, resting on a pair of crossing hinged legs of circular section joined at the mid-point with round pins and shaped hardware. The footrest is inlaid in metal with an interlocking triple lozenge and corner mounts, all above a curved apron, the whole supported by base stretchers.
22 in. (56 cm) high, 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm) wide, 18 3/4 in. (47.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1995
Literature
Grace Wu Bruce, Ming Furniture, Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 30-31.
National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 62.
Grace Wu Bruce, Ming Furniture Through My Eyes, Beijing, 2015, p.154.
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.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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.
Details
A VERY RARE LARGE HUANGHUALI FOLDING STOOL, JIAOWU
17TH CENTURY
The elegantly formed stool with two thick members carved and shaped with tendrils to the sides forming the upper seat are connected by a woven top, resting on a pair of crossing hinged legs of circular section joined at the mid-point with round pins and shaped hardware. The footrest is inlaid in metal with an interlocking triple lozenge and corner mounts, all above a curved apron, the whole supported by base stretchers.
22 in. (56 cm) high, 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm) wide, 18 3/4 in. (47.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1995
Literature
Grace Wu Bruce, Ming Furniture, Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 30-31.
National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 62.
Grace Wu Bruce, Ming Furniture Through My Eyes, Beijing, 2015, p.154.
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.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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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