MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG FOOTSTOOL, JIAOTA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The rectangular top frame is divided by a central stretcher and flanked on either side by latticework pattern forming the character jing, all supported on thick, beaded recessed legs of rectangular section and openwork ruyi-head spandrels, the whole resting on wide shoe feet.
7 1/2 in. (19 cm) high, 28 in. (71 cm.) wide, 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Nicholas Grindley LLC, 2000

Literature

Nicholas Grindley, Exhibition at Kate Ganz. New York, 2000, no. 3.

Exhibited

Nicholas Grindley, Exhibition at Kate Ganz, New York, 22-30 March 2000.
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.

Further details

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.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Footrests have been used in association with a wide array of furniture, including chairs, couches, painting tables, beds and thrones. Formal room settings in the Beijing Palace Museum include furniture in combination with footrests. For such examples, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum – Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, p.294, 302-304.

The present footrest can be compared to a huanghuali example very similar in size and design, which could be the pair to the present one, illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, The Best of the Best – The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2017, Vol. 2, p. 310-313.

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