Fig.149
Typical recessed-leg stool Yunnan, 1997 photo courtesy Michael Wolf

Fig.150
Simple recessed stools and benches with stretches, Wenzhou 1998. Photo courtesy Michael Wolf

Fig.151
Vernacular folding stool nanmu, nineteenth century Private collection, Singapore

Fig.152
Simple stool with stretchers Private collection, Singspore

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Vernacular folding stools, unknown wood, typical of those on the market, particularly in Shanxi province Collection of Philip Ng

Fig.154
Portable stool, eighteenth century not unlike the prototype which appeared around AD 168. The difference is this one is made of expensive huanghuali wood and has footrest with a metal mount Photo courtesy Charles Wong

Fig.155
Drum-shaped stool with overhanging top, black and red lacquer, Henan province. Photo courtesy Art of Chen

Fig.156
Drum stool or zuodun huanghuali, late seventeenth century. Photo courtesy Robert A Piccus

Fig.157
Stool shaped like a wine jar, made from a single piece of unknown wood, ca. seventeenth century Shanxi province Three openings have beading along the edges. Photo courtesy Cola Ma

Fig.158
Square stool in imitation bamboo style, huanghuali seventeenth century Jiangsu province Collection of Philip Ng
 
Fig.159
Stools with rounded humpback stretchers attached to rounded legs huanghuali. Photo courtesy Andy Hei.