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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
          ~785
          A PAIR OF NANMU-INSET HUANGHUALI 'SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S   The 'southern official's hat' armchair is one of the most popular forms in
          HAT' ARMCHAIRS                                      Chinese furniture construction. They differ from the 'official's hat' armchair
          17TH-18TH CENTURY                                   in that their crest rails continue into the back rails as opposed to extending
          Each chair has a crestrail supported by the S-form tripartite backsplat with   beyond them.
          openwork panels above a carved nanmu panel carved with a pair of chilong.   The tripartite back splat, which often incorporates a central decorative panel
          The mat seat is set above the plain, beaded apron and spandrels, all raised on   featuring an exquisitely carved or left undecorated to highlight the beautiful
          legs of rounded-square section joined by stretchers on the sides and a footrest   grain of the wood, appears to be a common feature in the late Ming period.
          at the front.                                       The present pair of arm chairs is a great example of the type featuring an
          45º in. (144.4 cm.) high, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) wide, 21º in. (54 cm.) deep  (2)  exquisitely carved chilong panels at the center in contrast with the elegantly
                                                              pierced or arched huanghuali panels above and below.
          $150,000-250,000
                                                              A related pair of huanghuali and nanmu 'southern official’s hat' armchairs of
          PROVENANCE:                                         similar proportions and dated to the Yongzheng period, was illustrated by
          Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.                          R. H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: One Hundred and Three Examples from
            Top Arts Gallery, Hong Kong, 2005.                the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 2005, p.37, no.13, and
                                                              subsequently sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1933.

                                                              紐約私人珍藏
                                                              十七/十八世紀 黃花梨嵌楠木南官帽椅一對
                                                              來源:
                                                              嘉木堂, 香港
                                                                  Top Arts Gallery, 香港, 2005年

























































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