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PROPERTY FROM A MIDWESTERN COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A VIRGINIA PRIVATE COLLECTION 十七世紀 黃花梨燈掛椅一對
A ‘DUAN’ STONE-INSET ‘HUANGHUALI’ AND A PAIR OF ‘HUANGHUALI’ ‘LAMP-HANGER’ 來源
‘YUMU’ KANG TABLE (KANGZHUO), 17TH / 18TH SIDE CHAIRS (DENGGUAYI), 17TH CENTURY
O. Edmund 及 Mariann Clubb 伉儷收藏
Height 15¼ in., 38.7 cm; Width 39¾ in., 101 cm; (2) 紐約蘇富比1998年9月16日，編號110
Depth 24¾ in., 62.9 cm Height of the larger 41 in., 104.1 cm; Width 20⅜ in., 51.8 cm;
Depth 17½ in., 44.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 29th November 1993, lot 436. PROVENANCE
Collection of O. Edmund and Mariann Clubb.
◉ $ 10,000-20,000 Sotheby’s New York, 16th September 1998, lot 110.
Chairs of this fine type are known to the cabinet makers
十七 / 十八世紀 黃花梨及榆木嵌端石有束腰 of Beijing as dengguayi (‘lamp hanger chairs’) after the
resemblance of their narrow back splats to bamboo lamp
炕桌 hangers. Such chairs served a similar function to stools,
in that they could be easily moved around the domestic
來源
setting, but are considerably more comfortable to sit in
紐約蘇富比1993年11月29日，編號436
thanks to the backrest. Compare the present chairs to a pair
of huanghuali lamphanger side chairs sold at Christie’s New
York, 25th September 2020, lot 1651 for $437,500.
◉ $ 40,000-60,000

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