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A PAIR OF IMPORTANT 十七世紀 黃花梨四出頭
AND EXTREMELY RARE 官帽椅一對
HUANGHUALI YOKE-
BACK ARMCHAIRS, 來源
SICHUTOUGUANMAOYI 東泰公司（黑洪祿），香港
Giesle Croes，布魯塞爾，1986/87年
17TH CENTURY 安思遠舊藏，香港
The yoke-back armchairs are constructed of fine huanghuali,
each ‘official’s hat’ toprail with strongly swept-back ends 展覽
supported on round corner posts which continue through
to the back legs. The well matched backsplats are flanked 《Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration》，華盛
at the sides by openwork ruyi-scroll flanges, pierced and 頓，1991年，圖錄485-486頁，圖版345號
exquisitely carved in deep and layered technique from both 《Best of the Best: An Exhibition of Ming
sides with a ruyi-shaped cartouche enclosing auspicious Furniture from Private Collections》，嘉木堂，香
emblems surrounding a qilin on one and two mythical
animals on the other. The out-scrolled arms supported on 港，1994年
sinuous tapering stiles and curved front posts with beaded 《日昇月騰：從敏求精舍藏品看明代》，香港，2015年，
cloud spandrels continue through the rectangular frame 圖錄292-293頁，圖版224號
of the soft mat seat to form the front legs, which joined in
front by beaded scrolling aprons and long flange spandrels
carved with dragons, lotus buds, ruyi and clouds, with 出版
similarly carved aprons and spandrels on all four sides, and Flynn，《Chinese Furniture in Two Columbian
with a shaped footrest and stepped stretchers, each with a Exhibitions : 1893 and 1992》，JCCFS，1993年，春
curvilinear apron carved with dragon heads or leafy tendrils .
季，48-51頁，圖版4號
47 in. (119.5 cm.) high, 24 13/16 in. (63 cm.) wide, 柯惕思，《Best of the Best: An Exhibition of Ming
21 7/16 in. (54.5 cm.) deep (2) Furniture form Private Collections》，Arts of
Asia，1995年5-6月，135-141頁，圖版5號
HK$8,000,000-12,000,000 《Chinese Jades from the Cissy and Robert Tang
US$1,100,000-1,500,000 Collection》，香港，2015年，12頁，圖版3號

P R O V E NAN CE
Eastern Pacific Co. (Hei Hung Lu), Hong Kong
Giesle Croes, Brussels, 1986/87
Robert Hatifield Ellsworth, Hong Kong, 1989
E X H IB I TE D
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration, National Gallery of
Art, Washington D.C., 1991, cat.pp.485-486, no.345
Best of the Best: An Exhibition of Ming Furniture from Private
Collections, Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1994
The Radiant Ming, 1368-1644 through the Min Chiu Society
Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, cat.pp. 292-293, no. 224
L I T E R A TUR E
B. Flynn, ‘Chinese Furniture in Two Columbian Exhibitions:
1893 and 1992’, Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture
Society, Spring 1993, pp.48-51, fig.4
C. Evarts, ‘Best of the Best’ An Exhibition of Ming
Furniture form Private Collections, Arts of Asia, May-June
1995, pp. 135-141, no. 5
Chinese Jades from the Cissy and Robert Tang Collection, Hong
Kong, 2015, p. 12, fig.3

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