QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

It is unusual to find a barrel-form stool with a mat seat. Compare to a slightly larger pair of huanghuali drum stools sold at Christie's New York, The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, 19 September 1996, lot 42 again in 22-23 September 2022, lot 793. This stool is distinguished by strong curves and the crisp bands of bosses encircling the seat and foot. According to Wang Shixiang in Wang and Evarts, Masterpieces From the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995, p. 40, Beijing craftsman referred to this shape created by the gently rounded corners as dongguazhuang (winter-melon-shaped opening with concave sides).

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