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Lot Y259
A RARE HUANGHUALI FOOTSTOOL WITH ROLLERS ‚GUNDENG‘
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, ca. 17th c.59 x 31,7 x 16,6 cm
The wide rectangular top frame divided by a central stretcher, set on either side with two cylindrical rollers, the straight waist and beaded apron formed from a single piece of wood, supported on short, stour legs, terminating in low flat hoof feet.
Collection Jürgen L. Fischer (- 2013), Baden-Baden, acquired according to records at Weber & Blauer SA, Arte Orientale, Via Nasser Lugano, before 1992, sold from his collection at Nagel, 11.5.2013, lot 695
Although Chinese chairs are traditionally fitted with a footrest stretcher. The placement of a single footstool often distin guished the highest ranked person. The benificial use of the footrest with rollers was described by Wen Zhenheng during the late Ming period ‚Moving back and forth over the rollers excites the vital energies ‚jingqi‘ to bubble upward like a fountain. For a discussion on footrests, refer to S. Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture‘, Berkeley, 2001, pp. 213 4. Compare the example illustrated by Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago, 1995, pp. 26-7, no. 13. Compare, also, the larger stool with six wumu rollers illustrated in G. Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 148-9, no. 59 Traces of age
