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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTOR
~1011
A SMALL HUANGHUALI RECCESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE This simple, refined form is one of the classic forms found in furniture of
18TH-19TH CENTURY the Ming and Qing dynasties. Compare a similarly proportioned recessed-
The single-panel top is set within the rectangular frame, above leg table, illustrated by Wang et al., Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture,
plain aprons and spandrels. The legs are of rounded section and Hong Kong, 1990, no. B81. See, also, the 17th century example of similar size
are joined by pairs of stretchers. illustrated by C. Evarts, Liang Yi Collection: Huanghuali, Hong Kong, 2007, p.
115, no. 39.
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high, 41q in. (105.4 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
deep
美४私́珍藏
$60,000-80,000 清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀ǎ黃花梨小平頭案

PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
~1010
A HUANGHUALI 'OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIR curved splat and elongated S-shaped arms encourage the sitter to sit in an
17TH CENTURY upright regal posture, and the protruding curved crestrail with rounded ends
The curved crestrail terminating in elegant rounded ends is supported on a behind the sitter’s head also adds an imposing effect.
wide C-form backsplat above the gracefully curving arms. The mat seat is set
in a rectangular frame above cusped apron, and is raised on round-section A similar armchair dated to the seventeenth century, and also with arm rails
legs joined by a footrest at front and stepped stretchers at the sides and back. supported on single curved tapering vertical posts, is illustrated by Wang
and Evarts, Masterpieces From the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture,
42º in. (107.3 cm.) high, 24æ in. (62.8 cm.) wide, 23º in. (59.1 cm.) deep
Chicago and San Francisco, 1995, p. 48. A taller example, also with set back
curved front posts, was sold at Christie’s New York, 25 September 2020, lot
$80,000-120,000
1645.
PROVENANCE:
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 22 September 1988. 新英格蘭私人珍藏
十七世紀 黃花梨四出頭官帽椅
The ‘official’s hat’ or yokeback armchair, particularly the ‘four corners-
exposed’ type of the present example, is among the most powerful and 來源:
monumental forms of classical Chinese furniture. The tall and supportive 嘉木堂, 香港, 1988年9月22日
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