Ming or Qing Dynasty Huanghuali Bench Stool TAIJITU Yin Yang Bagua Feng Shui !!! - $3,000,000 - (Milford, MA)

....Note a Late MING/ Early Qing dynasty incense stand was estimated at $400-600K but sold for $5.8MILLION at auction! Museums and serious collectors a great opportunity!!!! Religious/Philosophical Renaissance style Stool from China! IMPOSSIBLE TO PRICE! This stool appears to have an early TAIJITU SYMBOL!? on ALL 4 sides! YIN YANG! Taijitu is a symbol representing the religious and philosophical tradition of Taoism (also called Daoism). The term means a ‘diagram of the supreme ultimate,’ and it refers to the famous Chinese concept of yin and yang, of opposites existing in complete harmony. The lines around the Tajitu are known as Bagua, the 8 trigrams representing heaven/sky, lake/marsh, fire, thunder, wind, water, mountain, & earth. FENG SHUI! (from the wik - The trigrams are related to Taiji philosophy, Taijiquan and the wu xing, or "five elements". The relationships between the trigrams are represented in two arrangements, the Primordial (????), "Earlier Heaven"[or "Fu Xi" bagua (????), and the Manifested (????), "Later Heaven,"or "King Wen" bagua. The trigrams have correspondences in astronomy, geology, geography, geomancy, anatomy, the family, and elsewhere.) Chinese Ming Dynasty or possibly Qing Dynasty Stool! Our first instincts were Qing Dynasty/.. According to scholars, the more elaborate carving occurred during the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was very simple... however it has been brought to our attention that some were commissioned by a wealthy patron could indeed have had more exquisite carving. Would look at home in a "Da Vinci" room! (especially now that we have identified the symbols mentioned above) 18x24x18 huanghuali wood. No restoration! Cracks and age blemishes (patina) left alone! 100% original! Huanghuali is claimed by many experts to be the rarest wood in the world! (It was plentiful at the time this table was made). There is no paper trail. The stool is NOT signed *from what we can tell. Consult furniture experts who know the con…

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