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A FINE HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN OFFICIAL’S HAT’
ARMCHAIR, NANGUANMAOYI
17th/18th century
The elegant arched crest rail joined to a thick, curved back splat and
set off by curved stiles accented by beaded spandrels and run through
the seat as the back supports, the well-set arm rests and curved posts
continuing to the finely curved front legs set with further brackets over
the seat frame and beaded aprons and foot rest, the boxed stretchers
butted to u-shaped lower aprons, the thick wood of the chair a rich,
honey tone and well figured.
48 1/2in (123.3cm) high; the seat frame 25 x 19 1/2in (63.5 x 49.5cm)

$60,000 - 80,000

十七/十八世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅

Constructed of thick, lush, well-figured wood, this rare chair has the
distinction of having paired spandrels under the crest rail and arms,
unusual for a nanguanmaoyi. See a comparable chair sold at Christie’s
New York, September 16 2016, lot 1202, and a pair of chairs sold
at Sotheby’s New York, 16, November 2009, lot 20. See also Sarah
Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley,
2005, p. 117.

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