OBJECT OF THE MONTH
0921-04
A pair of square, corner leg, jichimu stools with particularly narrow seat frames of typical mitred, mortice and tenoned construction with hidden tenons. The outside edge of the frame curves gently down to a square moulding at the lower edge and is drilled to receive a soft matting seat but now with hard matting. Beneath this there are two curved transverse stretchers blocked out to support the matting board. The narrow trimming strips, as one would expect are replaced. The square section legs are mitred and half-lapped into the frame with recessed waists mitred at each end. The hump-back stretchers are mitred and tenoned into the legs with two short mitred and tenoned uprights to each side. The square section legs each with a slightly convex surface terminate in square block feet with a lightly incised key design.
Qing dynasty, mid to late Kangxi period, circa 1700.
height 49.6 cm / 19 5/8 in
width 60.7 cm / 23 7/8 in
depth 60.7 cm / 23 7/8 in
Provenance:
Nicholas Grindley, London (ref 1091-19)
Private collection, New York (1992 – 2021)
A pair of square, corner leg, jichimu stools with particularly narrow seat frames of typical mitred, mortice and tenoned construction with hidden tenons. The outside edge of the frame curves gently down to a square moulding at the lower edge and is drilled to receive a soft matting seat but now with hard matting. Beneath this there are two curved transverse stretchers blocked out to support the matting board. The narrow trimming strips, as one would expect are replaced. The square section legs are mitred and half-lapped into the frame with recessed waists mitred at each end. The hump-back stretchers are mitred and tenoned into the legs with two short mitred and tenoned uprights to each side. The square section legs each with a slightly convex surface terminate in square block feet with a lightly incised key design.
Qing dynasty, mid to late Kangxi period, circa 1700.
height 49.6 cm / 19 5/8 in
width 60.7 cm / 23 7/8 in
depth 60.7 cm / 23 7/8 in
Provenance:
Nicholas Grindley, London (ref 1091-19)
Private collection, New York (1992 – 2021)
