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Horseshoe-back armchairs of this type are among the most 圈椅為中國古典家具形制中最受歡迎的品類，於所有私人及博
sought after forms and are found in public and private 物館收藏中皆可見庋藏，是一個收藏體系中的典範。每對圈
collections. The major distinguishing feature, other than the 椅除了其優美線條外有不同特色，重點是觀察其靠背板以及牙
form of these chairs, is the decorative carving found on the
back splat and the apron. For discussions of this elegant 板的特點。觀於圈椅的詳細形制與設計，見安思遠著《中國家
form and decorative motifs of this type of chairs, see R.H. 具》，紐約，1971 年，頁 86-87；及王世襄著《明式家具研究》，
Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming 第一冊，香港，1990 年，頁 43-45。
and Early Ch’ing Dynasty, New York, 1971, pp. 86-87, and Wang
Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early 本拍品上的靠背板紋理為其特點，黃花梨木材具象徵性的婉轉
Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 43-45. 動人紋路，完全展示在靠背板上，顯示出製作時的認真工序
One of the most notable features is the beautifully grained 以及對材料的極高要求。如意紋為靠背板上常見的雕刻紋樣，
back splat on each of the present armchairs. Examples of 一對相近例收錄於《Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical
huanghuali armchairs of this popular form carved with ruyi- Chinese Furniture》，舊金山，1995 年，頁 56，編號 26，為前
heads on the back splat, include a pair illustrated by Wang 加州中國古典家具博物館舊藏，後拍賣於紐約佳士得，1996 年
Shixiang and Curtis Evarts in Masterpieces from the Museum 9 月 16 日，拍品編號 99。另見一張定年晚明的相似例，著錄於
of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco,
1995, p. 56, no. 26, and later sold at Christie’s New York, 19 《洪氏所藏木器百圖》，紐約，1996 年，頁 68-69，編號 14。
September 1996, lot 99; and a single huanghuali horseshoe-
back armchair, illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese
Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond
Hung Collection, New York, 1996, pp. 68-69, no. 14, where it
was dated to the late Ming dynasty, ca. 1600-1650.