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233 W The present pair of huanghuali chairs is a direct continuation of late
A HUANGHUALI LOW TABLE, KANG Ming/ early Qing dynasty horeshoe-back chairs; compare a single
17th/18th century and a pair of huanghuali chairs from the Victoria and Albert Museum,
The rectangular top set within a mitered, mortise and tenon frame London, illustrated by C.Clunas, Chinese Furniture, London, 1988,
with ice-plate edge, on a stepped apron supported on four humpback pp.25-26, pls.11-12. However, the yokeback and carved decoration
corner feet ending with upturned foliate terminals. on the apron and splat indicate a later date within the Qing dynasty;
31.5cm (12 3/8in) high x 105cm (41 3/8in) wide x for a related carving on the yokeback, see a huanghuali chair,
42cm (16 1/2in) deep Qianlong period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum: Funiture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,
£15,000 - 20,000 CNY150,000 - 190,000 Beijing, 2007, pl.58. For a similarly carved apron on a zitan armchair,
HK$180,000 - 240,000 18th/19th century, see C.Evarts, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture
from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei,
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨炕桌 1999, p.88. An upside-down bat means ‘Blessings have arrived’,
the musical stone symbolises wealth and prosperity and therefore
234 W combined with the bat, represents the wish to bestow on the owner
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK CHAIRS auspicious wishes for prosperity of the household; the chime also
19th century means ‘congratulations’ and is one of the Eight Treasures.
Each with a rectangular seat supporting a slightly curved splat carved
in low relief with a lobed panel depicting a bat suspending a tasselled A related pair of huanghuali chairs sold in these rooms on 14 May
chime, beneath the horseshoe-shaped back carved in the centre 2015, lot 284.
with a further bat resting on curved supports forming the arms and
extending through the seat into the straight legs, the aprons at the 235 W
front and sides carved with ruyi scrolls and the legs joined above the A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER CABINETS,
feet with four stretchers. Each 108cm (42 1/2in) high x 62cm (24 FANGJIAOGUI
1/2in) wide x 48cm (18 7/8in) deep (2). Late Qing Dynasty
The rich amber toned two-panel doors fitted with a centre stile open
£6,000 - 8,000 CNY58,000 - 77,000 to reveal the shelved interior, the legs of rectangular section joined by
HK$71,000 - 94,000 plain aprons and spandrels, the cabinet fitted with brass hinges and
lockplate. Each 105.3cm (41 3/8in) high x 74.7cm (29 3/8in) wide x
十九世紀 黃花梨福磬紋圈椅一對 44cm (21 2/8in) deep (2).

£6,000 - 8,000 CNY58,000 - 77,000
HK$71,000 - 94,000

清末 黃花梨方角櫃一對

The present pair of cabinets is a continuation of Ming dynasty cabinets
as illustrated by G.Wu Bruce in Two Decades of Ming Furniture,
Beijing, 2011, p.198, and G.Wu Bruce in Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber
and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection
of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pl.49.

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