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PROPERTY FROM THE NANCY AND ED ROSENTHAL COLLECTION
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A RARE ZITAN 'SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIR The chair design was most likely inspired by bamboo prototypes, most
LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY notably seen in the fretwork below the seat. A nanmu six-post canopy bed
The top rail is supported on an S-shaped back splat and curved rear posts, illustrated by Zhang Jinhua in The Classical Chinese Furniture of Weiyang:
which continue to form the rear legs. The curved arms are supported on Representative Examples, vol. 2, London, 2016, pp. 258-9, is constructed
tapering braces and front posts, above a mat seat set within a rectangular with similar design in the openwork panels at the top of the bed and on the
frame and plain aprons fitted on the front and sides with a lattice-work pattern back and side railings. See, also, a bamboo-inspired huanghuali side table in
above straight stretchers. The legs are joined by plain stretchers at the sides the Qing Court Collection illustrated in The Complete Collection of Ming and
and a foot rest at the front. Qing Dynasty Furniture in the Palace Museum: Table, vol. 7, Beijing, 2015, p.
136-7, pl. 57, which exhibits a similar conception of the stretchers under the
36 ½ in. (92.7 cm.) high, 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide, 21¿ in. (53.5 cm.) deep
table commonly seen on bamboo examples.

$120,000-180,000
NANCY及ED ROSENTHAL伉儷珍藏
PROVENANCE:
Ming Furniture Ltd., New York, November 1989. 十七世紀末/十八世紀 紫檀南官帽椅
來源:
EXHIBITED:
Ming Furniture Ltd., 紐約, 1989年11月
Cincinnati, Taft Museum of Art, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal
Collection of Chinese Art, 7 November 2008 - 11 January 2009. 展覽:
辛辛那提塔夫脫美術館, 「Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal
LITERATURE:
S. Handler, Ming Furniture In the Light of Chinese Architecture, New York, Collection of Chinese Art」, 2008年11月7日至2009年1月11日
2005, p. 119. 出版:
V. Bower, S. Handler and J. Burris, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed
S. Handler, 《Ming Furniture In the Light of Chinese Architecture》, 紐約,
Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008, p. 2005年, 頁119
49, fig. 20.
V. Bower, S. Handler, J. Burris,《Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed
Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art》, 塔夫脫美術館, 辛辛那提, 2008年,
頁49, 圖20

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