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fig. 1 The Tafel family residence in Tianjin, circa 1940s
எӬ ౲ⵙ‰།ᚉ഍ᰥ༡Ꮢ卿ᘂᙻ ჺջ
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
~ 3049

A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI ᪺ڊ˒ˡ☹ 㷍⩈ᚐ㭚㤙⣏ښ೚ຳᛛːര
'SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIRS, ϝᬝ
NANGUANMAOYI ౲ⵙ‰།ᚉ⯠⻦
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY ᇪஇ⡢㵶卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
Each has a curved crestrail supported on curved rear posts and an
S-shaped splat. The arm rails are supported on slender standing This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/
import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to
stiles that join in the front posts above the soft mat seat and cusped, addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office
beaded aprons and plain, beaded spandrels. The whole is supported unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for
further information.
on round-section legs, joined by a foot rest at the front and stepped
stretchers on the sides and back. The attractively grained wood of a ទᐽ㐈৅⊐㿩᨞ྏ⎏ណㅳ㙁⩧Ꮀǯᇖ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ㑌卿Ꮢᝳ⊐㿩᨞ྏ⎏ណㅳᎰ⎏⁒৅
ई $*5&4 ߅ݣऑ❖߰ǯ㩶㬳ℛᇑ $*5&4 ݻ߅ऑ㉓ज卿᫉ᐽ㐈৅गज㙛㘨⯍㲞ᳰಗݤ⎏஠
golden amber colour. நᎵᇖᎱٛ⎏㲞ᳰᐽ㐈ౚᓽइǯ㋇⯝ཇ།㛑㧰⪩⥿ս⑪㈛㊄ካǯ
45¬ in. (116 cm.) high, 22ƒ in. (57.2 cm.) wide, 17º in. (43.9
cm.) deep (2)
HK$3,000,000-4,000,000 US$380,000-520,000
PROVENANCE
The Tafel family collection, formed in the first half of the 20th
century
Sold at Nagel, 6-7 May 2011, lot 35

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