A small huali table/stool 'Fangdeng', Qing dynasty.
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The square top supporting a plaque that probably has replaced a hard caned seat, over an apron and u-shaped stretchers joined to supports and with hoof feet. Height 50 cm. Width 41 cm. Depth 30 cm.
Damages, restored.
Provenance
Purchased at Bukowskis sale 641, then from the Collection of Ebba Gadelius.
From the Collection of Ebba-Stina Kiku Gadelius (1916-2022), thence by descent.
The foundation of the collection was laid by her father Knut Gadelius (1864-1932), who founded the Gadelius company.
Ebba was the third child of Knut Gadelius, she was born in Tokyo and grew up in Japan. She herself had a career as an artist and textile designer both in the USA and France and her design and art was strongly influcenced by her early years in Japan.
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