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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN
OFFICIAL’S HAT’ ARMCHAIRS,
NANGUANMAOYI
17TH-18TH CENTURY

Each has a straight top rail of round
section continuing to straight corner
posts and extending to the back legs
below the rectangular frame with a mat
seat. The elegantly curved back splat
is carved with a ruyi-form medallion
enclosing a chilong. The curved arms
continue to the front corner posts and
are supported on slim, tapering stiles
above a shaped, beaded apron carved
with foral scroll. The legs are joined
by stepped stretchers and the foot rest,
above plain aprons on the front and
sides.

39 in. (99.1 cm.) high, 23¬ in. (60 cm.)

wide, 17 ¬ in. (44.8 cm.) deep (2)

$150,000-250,000

A pair of huanghuali ‘southern oficial’s
hat’ chairs from the Museum of Chinese
Classical Furniture Collection, similarly left
undecorated, with the exception of a ruyi-
form roundel on the back splat, was sold
at Christie’s New York, Important Chinese
Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical
Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September
1996, lot 47. Compare, also, a set of four
huanghuali ‘southern oficial’s hat’ armchairs
sold at Christie’s New York, 20-21 March
2014, lot 2292.

明末/十八世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅一對

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