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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
亞洲私人珍藏
~3020

A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SOUTHERN
OFFICIAL'S HAT ARMCHAIR, NANGUANMAOYI

LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Each chair has a crest rail supported on curved rear posts and a S-shaped
splat with unusual beaded spandrels where the crest rail meets the rear
posts. The arm rails are supported on slender, tapering standing stiles
terminating in the front posts above the arched and beaded apron, all
resting on rounded-square legs joined by stretchers below the footrest.
45¿ in. (114.5 cm.) high, 23º in. (59 cm.) wide,
17√ in. (45.5 cm.) deep (2)
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

The ‘southern official's hat’ armchair differs from the official's hat
armchair in that its crest rail continues into the back rails as
opposed to extending beyond them. Compare the present pair
to a very similar nanguanmaoyi, sold at Christie’s New York, 16
September 2016, lot 1202, also with the added unusual feature of
spandrels beneath the crest rail and below the arms. A chair of
this type is also illustrated by Sarah Handler in Ming Furniture in
the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley, 2005, p. 117.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES
export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be
shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong
Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted.
Please contact the department for further information.

晚明 黃花梨高靠背南官帽椅一對
圓材做，高靠背式樣。搭腦中部高拱，兩端下彎以挖煙袋鍋榫與
腿足相接，後腿一木連做。「S」形背板寬厚流暢，背傾角弧度
顯著。正面腿間設腳踏，左右及後方設步步高管腳帳，四腿外圓
內方，側腳收分明顯。搭腦和扶手都不出頭的椅子，稱之為「南
官帽椅」。南官帽椅為中國古典家具體系中最經典之形制。靠背
搭腦上以挖煙袋鍋榫連接一木連做的後腿，形成流轉舒暢的線
條，疏朗有致。而其中又以高靠背南官帽椅的等級較高，靠背板
的大材需要精挑細選，高大的靠背氣勢恢弘。家具陳設以及使用
亦反映出用者的權勢地位，而高靠背南官帽椅通常為主人或顯赫
賓客所坐。清代宮廷畫家冷枚（活躍於 1703至 1717 年）的《人
物圖》描繪了眾仕女圍棋耍樂的場景，而當中女主人就坐的高靠
背南官帽椅，明顯不同於其他仕女的坐具，突顯上座的地位，載
於 1996 年國立故宮博物院出版《畫中家具特展》，圖錄圖版 29
號。此拍品為高靠背式，造型與一般南官帽椅不同，搭腦與腿足
相交處及座面下都嵌小角牙。拍品造型與裝飾與紐約佳士得
2016 年 9 月 16 日拍品 1202 號一對南官帽椅相似，搭腦與腿足
相交處也嵌小角牙。同類一對南官帽椅可咨討論，參見 Sarah
Handler《Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture》，
伯克利，2005 年，117 頁插圖。
本拍賣品由黃檀屬的木製造而成。從 2017 年 1 月 2 日起，所有由黃
檀屬的木製成的物品受 CITES 出入口管制。除非獲得 CITES 再出口
許可，此拍賣品只可運送至香港境內的地址或從我們的香港拍賣場提
取。請與專家部門聯繫以瞭解詳情。

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