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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTOR PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
~1008 ~1009
A RARE RECTANGULAR HUANGHUALI KANG TABLE A RARE HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIR
18TH CENTURY 17TH CENTURY
The paneled top is set in a rectangular frame above the narrow waist and The sweeping crest rail terminates in out-swept hooks and is supported by the
beaded apron. The whole is raised on legs of square section joined by tripartite S-form back splat inset with a finely carved openwork panel above
humpback stretchers and inverted L-shaped feet. a beautifully-grained plain panel and shaped beaded apron. The mat seat is
set within the rectangular frame above cusped, beaded aprons carved in front
13 in. (33 cm.) high, 62¿ in. (157.8 cm.) wide, 13º in. (33.7 cm.) deep
with confronting chilong and shaped, beaded spandrels. The legs are joined by
stepped stretchers and footrest above a shaped apron.
$18,000-25,000
37º in. (94.6 cm.) high, 25æ in. (65.4 cm.) wide, 25æ in. (65.4 cm.) deep
PROVENANCE:
Nicholas Grindley Works of Art, Ltd., London, 8 November 1985.
$80,000-120,000
It is rare to find kang tables with this elongated proportion and supported on PROVENANCE:
legs that terminate in inverted L-shaped feet. The present table compares Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 22 September 1988.
closely in construction, design, and proportions to a huanghuali table fitted
with three drawers, also dated 18th century, illustrated by N. Grindley, The The horseshoe-back armchair is one of four types of Chinese chairs, and
Yunwai Lou Collection of Chinese and Japanese Art, New York, 2013, no. is distinguished by its rounded crestrail and out-swept hooks. The form is
37. Another kang table, of similar proportions and also raised on inverted commonly found; however, the present chair has the added details of the
L-shaped feet, but with a pierced apron and stretchers carved as archaistic elongated spandrels running the length of the vertical posts above the seat.
scrolls, is illustrated in R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood This small detail subtly emphasizes the refined curve of the crestrail and
Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1979, p. 151, pl. arms. The design of the chair is further elevated by the tripartite backsplat
46 and 46a. showcasing richly textured huanghuali in contrast with the delicate lines
of the openwork ruyi-head panel. A pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back
armchairs with plain splats, fitted with elongated shaped spandrels, is
美國私人珍藏
illustrated by G. Wu Bruce, Ming Furniture Through My Eyes, The Forbidden
清十八世紀 黃花梨長方形炕桌 City Publishing House, Beijing, 2015, p. 101.
來源:
For a discussion of this chair shape, see R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture:
Nicholas Grindley Works of Art, Ltd., 倫敦, 1985年11月8日 Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasty, New York, 1971, pp.
86-87, and Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and
Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 43-45.
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新英格蘭私人珍藏
十七世紀 黃花梨圈椅
來源:
嘉木堂, 香港, 1988年9月22日
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