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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HAWAIIAN COLLECTION
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A RARE HUANGHUALI 'OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIR 夏威夷私人珍藏
17TH CENTURY
十七世紀 黃花梨四出頭官帽椅
The protruding crestrail supported on a broad C-shaped splat and curved
rear posts which continue to form the rear legs. The curved arms are 來源:
supported on tapering, curved stiles and curved front posts which continue Albert Chock (1915-1961年) 暨Frances Zane Chock (1917- 1997年) 伉儷珍
through the seat frame to form the front legs. The molded seat frame 藏， 檀香山， 夏威夷，後家族傳承。
encloses a mat seat above cusped aprons and plain spandrels. The legs are 展覽:
joined by stepped stretchers at the sides and a foot rest at the front.
檀香山藝術博物館， Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections，
46º in. (117.5 cm.) high, 22 √ in. (58.1 cm.) wide, 18 æ in. (47.6 cm.) deep
檀香山， 1982年1月16日-2月14日， 編號10。
$60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE:
Mr. Albert Chock (1915-1961) and Mrs. Frances Zane Chock (1917- 1997)
Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii, and thence by descent.

EXHIBITED:
Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in
Hawaiian Collections, 16 January-14 February 1982, no. 10.
The present chair is the mate to the chair illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth,
Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, Honolulu Academy
of Arts, 1982, p. 44, no. 10. Both chairs were exhibited side by side, as was
the preceding lot, a huanghuali recessed-leg table, in the 1982 exhibition.

Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections opened on January
16th, 1982 and was dedicated to Gustav Ecke (1896-1971). The exhibition
was inspired by Ecke's 1952 exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts,
now the Honolulu Museum of Art, with a catalogue written by Robert H.
Ellsworth. At the time of the 1952 exhibition, no catalogue was produced
and the 1982 exhibition drew heavily upon the museum's archives and Dr.
Ecke's wife, Betty Ecke, also known as Tseng Yuho (1924-2017) records.

The present chair on view at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1982. © Honolulu
Museum of Art. Photographer unknown.
此椅於檀香山藝術博物館展覽，1982年。©檀香山藝術博物館：攝影師不詳。