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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION
200 Y W
A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI ‘ROSE CHAIRS’ WITH
‘CRACKED-ICE’ DECORATION
17th/18th century 出處：
Unusually modelled after bamboo chair prototypes, each with a 美國西岸私人收藏
short rectangular back and sides inset with slanted spindle posts
forming ‘cracked-ice’ or ‘wan’ design, the framed seat fitted with Bamboo is a readily available, versatile material for everyday life in
soft mat and secured by stretchers underneath, all supported by China. Chairs made of bamboo appeared in paintings as early as
simple column legs further framed with bamboo-form stretchers and Song dynasty. Bamboo also symbolizes humbleness and honesty,
supports, the wood of rich caramel color and attractive patina. the characteristics highly appraised by the literati class in the Ming
33 1/4in (84.5cm) high; 22 1/4in (56.5cm) wide; 18in (45.8cm) deep and Qing, hence mimicking bamboo by using luxury material such as
(2). huanghuali wood may reference the philosophy and showcasing the
fine craftsmanship at the same time.
$40,000 - 60,000
A pair of similar huanghuali ‘rose chairs’ with frames and spindles
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨玫瑰椅一對 carefully carved to imitate bamboo is illustrated by Jacobsen and
Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of
Provenance Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, pp. 66-67, no. 15, described as late 17th-
From a West Coast Private Collection early 18th century. See also the ‘cracked-ice’ decoration as central
penal on a clothes rack, illustrated by Jacobsen and Grindley in the
same publication, op. cit., pp. 162-163, no. 56, described as late
17th century.

A pair of very similar huanghuali ‘rose chairs’ with ‘cracked-ice’
design was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 3 June 1992, lot 334.

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