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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A VERY RARE PAIR OF JICHIMU YOKEBACK 清十八世紀 鸂鶒木四出頭官帽椅一對
ARMCHAIRS, SICHUTOU GUANMAOYI
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 四出頭通體圓材，搭腦兩端彎曲上翹，中成枕型，下飾角牙，接腿一木
連做。S 型靠背板分三段做，上段落堂踩鼓，中段飾素材面板，下段魚
The round top rail of the ‘official’s hat’ armchair with backward- 肚式亮腳。扶手與鵝脖均為彎材，相交處安有角牙。座面藤屜，座面下
projecting ends supported on round, slender stiles and extending 飾劵口牙，邊起陽線，腿間施步步高管腳棖。
to the back legs, the S-curved splat framing three panels, the top
with a raised central panel and cut to reveal straight, tight grain, 鸂鶒木，亦通雞翅木，紋理特色如羽毛紋而得其名。表面光滑細緻，出
the middle with highly figured, feathery grain reminiscent of 大材率極低，因而成大件傢具者稀少，如本拍品四出頭官帽椅一對，實
mountainous landscapes and the bottom section with beaded 屬難得。此對椅子獨特之處，在於其靠背板巧妙善用了鸂鶒木的獨特紋
opening, the arms, with small curvilinear spandrels extending 理，以木材的不同切面，展示其紋理變幻，兩椅互相呼應，仿如山水，
beyond the front posts, the legs joined by narrow beaded aprons, 獨具匠心，盡顯文人情趣的視覺盛宴。
the stretchers and the footrest.
40 º in. (112 cm.) high, 22 √ in. (58 cm.) wide, 來源
18 Ω in. (47 cm.) deep (2) 加州文藝復興山莊中國古典家具博物館舊藏，紐約佳士得，
1996 年 9 月 19 日，拍品 31 號
HK$800,000-1,500,000 US$110,000-190,000
著錄
PROVENANCE Sarah Handler，《A Yokeback Chair for Sitting Tall》，JCCFS，
The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, sold at 1993 年春，頁 19，圖 25 及 25a
Christie’s New York, 19 September 1996, lot 31
王世襄及其他，《Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical
LITERATURE Chinese Furniture》，香港，1995 年，頁 52，24 號
Sarah Handler, “A Yokeback Chair for Sitting Tall”, JCCFS, Sarah Handler，《Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical
Spring 1993, p. 19, figs. 25 and 25a Furniture》，倫敦， 2001 年，頁 56，圖 4.19
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese
Furniture, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 52, no. 24
Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture,
London, 2001, p.56, fig. 4.19
Jichimu is a type of wood with a signature feather-like patterned grains,
smooth on the surface but low in lumber yield. It is very rare to find
furniture made in jichimu especially chairs in pairs. The back splat
of the present lot demonstrate the scholarly enjoyment from various
patterns of the grains, by applying different cuts in wood processing.
The upper panel with fine straight grain is taken from radially cut wood,
while the feathered grain panel is taken from tangentially cut wood, the
order for the panels being reversed on the two chairs.

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