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A RARE SET OF FOUR ZITAN ARMCHAIRS Provenance: a British private collection, formed circa 1980s-1990s.
Qing Dynasty
Each with a tall splat scrolling at the top, framed by the openwork back 來源：英國私人收藏，成形於約二十世紀八十年代至九十年代
and side rails, above the burlwood seat set within the wide rectangular
frame above a waisted aprons and stepped stretchers, the thick, Compare with a related zitan armchair with scrolling back splat, mid
beaded legs of square section terminating in hoof feet. Qing dynasty, illustrated in Ming Qing gongting jiaju daguan, vol.1,
Each 49cm (19 1/4in) wide x 47cm (18 1/2in) deep Beijing, 2006, p.107, pl.87. Another related zitan armchair, mid to late
x 92cm (36 1/4in) high. (4). Qing, is illustrated by Tian Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the
Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, no.37. A related hongmu example,
£60,000 - 80,000 mid Qing, with similar cylindrical scroll crest rail (juanshu) is also
CNY530,000 - 700,000 illustrated in Ibid., no.40.

清 紫檀扶手椅四張成堂 See also a pair of large zitan armchairs, 18th/19th century, which were
sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1351.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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