A pair of Chinese Huanghuali square stools (Fangdeng), Early Qing Dynasty, 18th century, each with hard mat seat within a square frame with beaded edge, above plain narrow beaded aprons, the whole supported on tapered legs of square section joined by 'T' shaped stretchers and terminating in hoof feet. Similar pair of Huanghuali stools please see Christie's New York, 3/18/2015, 'The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part II: Chinese Furniture, Works of Art and Chinese Paintings', lot130, 49 cm high, 62.5 cm wide and 51 cm deep. Provenance: Property of a Lady in Toorak, Australia