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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏

Property from the Estate of Eleanor P. Brenner
~1111
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI 'SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S 埃莉ピgPg布і納珍藏 The 'southern official's hat' armchair is one of the most popular forms
HAT' ARMCHAIRS 十ˑ 十Ջˠ紀ǎ黃花梨南官帽椅ˏ對 in Chinese furniture construction. They differ from the 'official's hat'
17TH-18TH CENTURY Ϝ源 armchair in that their crestrails continue into the back posts as opposed
埃莉ピgPg布і納珍藏, 新ખ西哥, 2013年͠עՆ藏 to extending beyond them. The continuous line of the crestrail joining
44º in. (112.4 cm) high, 24º in. (61.6 cm) wide, 20º in. (51.4 cm) deep
into the rear upright posts is achieved with a rounded, right angle joint
$120,000-180,000 called a 'pipe-joint,' which is again used to join the curved arms to the
front upright posts. A smaller pair of huanghuali 'southern official's hat'
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Frank E. and Lillian Whitacre was sold at Christie's New York, 18-19
March 2021, lot 841.

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