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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI 清十七 / 十八世紀 黃花梨雙螭如意紋圈椅一對
HORSESHOEBACK ARMCHAIRS, QUANYI 來源
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 紐約佳士得，1994 年 6 月 2 日，拍品編號 203
Each with sweeping crest rail terminates in out-swept hooks above 紐約佳士得，2000 年 9 月 21 日，拍品編號 26
shaped spandrels, and forms an elegant curve above the S-shaped 赫維寧漢莊園珍藏
splat carved with a ruyi-head roundel enclosing confronted chilong
dragons and flanked by shaped spandrels. The rear posts continue 圈椅為中國古典家具形制中最受歡迎的品類，於所有私人及博物館收藏
to form the back legs below the rectangular frame above shaped, 中皆可見庋藏，是一個收藏體系中的典範。每對圈椅除了其優美線條外
beaded aprons and spandrels carved in the front with a stylised 有不同特色，重點是觀察其靠背板以及牙板的特點。觀於圈椅的詳細形
scroll. The legs are joined by stepped stretchers and a foot rest 制與設計，見安思遠著《中國家具》，紐約，1971 年，頁 86-87；及王
above a shaped apron. 世襄著《明式家具研究》，第一冊，香港，1990 年，頁 43-45。
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high, 27 in. (68.6 cm.) wide,
18 in. (46 cm.) deep (2) 本拍品上的靠背板紋理為其特點，黃花梨木材具象徵性的婉轉動人紋
路，完全展示在靠背板上，顯示出製作時的認真工序以及對材料的
HK$1,500,000-2,000,000 US$200,000-260,000 極高要求。如意紋為靠背板上常見的雕刻紋樣，一對相近例收錄於
《Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture》，舊金山，
PROVENANCE
Christie’s, New York, 2 June 1994, lot 203 1995 年，頁 56，編號 26，為前加州中國古典家具博物館舊藏，後拍賣
Christie’s New York, 21 September 2000, lot 26 於紐約佳士得，1996 年 9 月 16 日，拍品編號 99。另見一張定年晚明的
The Heveningham Hall Collection 相似例，著錄於《洪氏所藏木器百圖》，紐約，1996 年，頁 68-69，編
號 14。
Horseshoe-back armchairs of this type are among the most sought
after forms and are found in public and private collections. The
major distinguishing feature, other than the form of these chairs, is
the decorative carving found on the back splat and the apron. For
discussions of this elegant form and decorative motifs of this type of
chairs, see R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the
Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasty, New York, 1971, pp. 86-87, and Wang
Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing
Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 43-45.
One of the most notable features is the beautifully grained back splat
on each of the present armchairs. Examples of huanghuali armchairs
of this popular form carved with ruyi heads on the back splat, include
a pair illustrated by Wang Shixiang and Curtis Evarts in Masterpieces
from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San
Francisco, 1995, p. 56, no. 26, and later sold at Christie’s New York,
19 September 1996, lot 99; and a single huanghuali horseshoeback
armchair, illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: One
Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New
York, 1996, pp. 68-69, no. 14, where it was dated to the late Ming
dynasty, 17th century.

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