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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 清十八世紀 黃花梨雙環卡子花拉開式躺椅
A HUANGHUALI RECLINING CHAIR
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 來源：
黎氏古玩，香港，1990年4月10日
the back seat constructed with a spindle-back framework
below two interlocking double circles, the arms of similar
design with long side railings joined by a rectangular panelled 此躺椅形制如同玫瑰椅，靠背及扶手梳背式加雙環卡
soft-mat seat, supported on legs of circular section connected 子花，而扶手加長。軟屜坐面，前面的活動擋板，可
to lower stretchers and a collapsible footrest 伸縮，平放時可作窄床。
103.5 by 70 by h. 100 cm, 40¾ by 27½ by h. 39⅜ in.
overall length 149 cm, 58⅝ in.
躺椅造型簡樸，散發文人氣息，仍見明式家具之遺
PROVENANCE 風。躺椅盛於清朝，源自明朝醉翁椅，仇英繪《飲中
Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong, 10th April 1990. 八仙歌圖卷》及《桐陰晝靜圖》可見躺椅的雛形，畫
中高仕輕靠躺椅，越紙可感閒適安逸之意境。
◉ HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 104,000-155,000 宋代文人生活優雅含蓄，畫中多見正襟危坐，未見醉
翁椅或躺椅身影。反觀明朝文人雅仕，生活輕鬆自
This design derives from prototypes known since the Ming 如，多彩多姿，這與當時政治、文化理念有莫大的關
dynasty, when reclining chairs of this type enjoyed popularity
in the Ming and Qing dynasties. These chairs were found in 係。
garden pavilions during the Ming dynasty, see an example
from a painting by Qiu Ying, ‘Reading Quietly in the Shade of
Pawlonia Trees’, included in the Special Exhibition of Furniture
in Paintings, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 5th October
1996 – 31st January 1997, pp. 66-67, cat. no. 27.