China - Pair Of Dentist Stools - Qing Circa 1900

Amusing pair of dentist's stools, trapezoidal in shape and opening with three drawers. They are furnished with a low sculpted belt. On each seat, there is a hole for attaching a string that allowed him to carry them on his shoulder. The front is furnished with three drawers for storing his objects. Dimensions: Height: 44.5 cm; Length: 46 cm; Width: 23 cm. Origin: China. Period: Qing Dynasty - Around 1900. Conditions: Very good general condition. Provenance: Tchen Gi-Vane Collection Tchen Gi-Vane was born in 1924, the daughter of a father who was a great newspaper publisher in the Republic of China Cheng Shewo. A graduate of the Shanghai Higher School of Music, she went on tour in France with a Hong Kong music group and met her husband, the French engineer Philippe Bertrand (1926-2023). They get married and settle down permanently in Rambouillet, surrounded by the young woman's works of art which are regularly loaned to the National Museum of Modern Art. For Tchen Gi-Vane, it is also a way out in his escape from Maoism.