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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

~978
A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN OFFICIAL’S HAT’ ARMCHAIR,
NANGUANMAOYI

17TH-18TH CENTURY
The chair has a curved crest rail supported on curved rear posts and an S-shaped splat. The arm rails are
supported on slender, tapering standing stiles that terminate in the front posts above the soft mat seat,
above a plain apron of square section. The whole is raised on legs of square section joined just above the
hoof feet by straight stretchers at the sides and back and a plain foot rest at the front.
46º in. (117.5 cm.) high, 21Ω in. (54.6 cm.) wide, 18Ω in. (47 cm.) deep
$100,000-150,000

PROVENANCE

Fusil Anstalt, 1998, Channel Islands.
A pair of huanghuali ‘Southern Oficial’s Hat’ armchairs, also constructed with a box-form base with
square members which terminate in powerful hoof feet, is illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth in Chinese
Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, vol. 1,
pp. 64-5, no. 12. Like the present single chair, the pair retains some of the metal mounts over the joints.
A related huanghuali ‘Southern Oficial’s Hat’ armchair of similar form and construction but with a less
pronounced crestrail is illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the
Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, pp. 112-113, pl. 5.
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅

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