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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JONATHAN AND JESSIKA AUERBACH
~938
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN OFFICIAL’S HAT’
ARMCHAIRS, NANGUANMAOYI
17TH CENTURY
Each elegantly curved crestrail is supported by the S-shaped splat and round-
section rear posts which continue through the seat to form the rear legs. The
S-shaped arm rails are supported by outward-curving, tapering stiles and
backward-curving front posts. The mat seat is set in a rounded, rectangular
frame above shaped, beaded aprons and beaded spandrels. The legs are of
round section joined by stepped stretchers and a foot rest at front.
37Ω in (95.3 cm.) high, 20Ω in. (52.1 cm.) wide, 16º in. (41.3 cm.) deep

$100,000-150,000

PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, October 1996.
EXHIBITED
On loan to Denver Art Museum, 2004-2017.
A pair of huanghuali ‘southern oficial’s hat’ armchairs from the collection of
the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, similarly left undecorated, with
the exception of a ruyi-form roundel on the backsplat, was sold at Christie’s
New York, Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly in the Museum of Classical
Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996, lot 47. Similar to the
present example, this pair of chairs has diminutive proportions suggesting
that the chairs may have been a special commission. To accommodate
the smaller proportions, the arm rails are steeply angled and have a wide
outward curve, an elegant and unusual feature.
十七世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅一對

(another view)

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