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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE 明末十六世紀末至十七世紀初 黃花梨高靠背官帽椅一對
COLLECTION
來源：
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HIGH YOKEBACK
ARMCHAIRS 羅勃特．畢格史伉儷收藏
LATE MING DYNASTY, LATE 16TH – EARLY 紐約佳士得1997年9月18日，編號40（其一）
17TH CENTURY 嘉木堂，香港
each with the shaped top rail with a small head-rest and 出版：
gently everted ends, the plain S-shaped back splat tongue- 柯惕思，羅勃特 · 〈畢格史藏中國古典家具〉，《Journal
and-grooved into the underside of the top rail and tenoned of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society》，1992年秋，
to the back member of the seat frame, the two black splats
編號12
with active patterns cut from the same piece of wood, the
stiles tenoned into the top rail and, like the front posts, pass Sarah Handler，〈A Yokeback Chair for Sitting Tall〉，
through the seat forming the legs, the elongated S-shaped 《Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society》
arms, mortised and tenoned into the stiles and pipe-joined to
，1993年春，編號16
the posts, supported by tapering S-shaped braces of circular
伍嘉恩，《中國家具．文房清供》，香港，2003年，編
section, the mitred, mortised and tenoned seat frame with
exposed tenons on the short rails and with two transverse 號3
braces underneath, the edge of the seat frame moulds
downward and inward to end in a narrow flat band, drilled
for soft seat construction fitted with old matting, all above a
plain straight apron butt-joined to the underside of the seat,
tongue-and-grooved into the legs and tenoned to the footrail,
the side aprons similarly constructed whilst the back apron left
plain and high, the legs joined by a shaped footrail in front, with
rectangular side stretchers and an oval one in the back, all with
exposed tenons, the footrest and stretchers with plain shaped
aprons below
121.3 by 60.4 by 45.3 cm, 47¾ by 23¾ by 17⅞ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr and Mrs Robert P. Piccus.
Christie’s New York, 18th September 1997, lot 40 (one of the
pair).
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.
LITERATURE
Curtis Evarts, Classic Chinese Furniture in the Piccus
Collection, Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society,
Autumn 1992, no. 12.
Sarah Handler, A Yokeback Chair for Sitting Tall, Journal of the
Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Spring 1993, no. 16.
Grace Wu Bruce, Chinese Furniture. Wenfang Works of Art,
Hong Kong, 2003, cat. no. 3.

HK$ 10,000,000-15,000,000
US$ 1,280,000-1,920,000

144 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比