A HONGMU SUGARCANE SQUEEZER, GANZHECHUANG

QING DYNASTY

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A HONGMU SUGARCANE SQUEEZER, GANZHECHUANG
Qing Dynasty
The base shaped like a sloping bench with splayed legs joined by stretchers, the lower end carved with a channel and spout to collect the pressed juice and an opening for the spatula-shaped lever to connect with the bench, the legs of the lower side extended upwards through the bench in a triangular shape, topped with a finial carved to resemble a bundle of bound sugarcane
13in. (33cm.) high, 17in. (42.9cm.) long, 5½in. (14cm.) deep

Literature

Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S Y Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 154-155, cat. 64.

Exhibited

Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 September-24 November, 1991.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 18-24 November, 1999.
National Heritage Board, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 1996-1999.

Lot Essay

Compare a similar hongmu sugarcane squeezer in the collection of Wang Shixiang, illustrated in Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture - Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 258, pl. 173, and in Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, vol. II, p 190, E53.

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