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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
~1244
A RARE HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN OFFICIAL’S HAT’ ARMCHAIR,
NANGUANMAOYI
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The curved crest rail is supported on curved rear posts and a gently-curving
splat carved with a ruyi-form medallion. The arm rails are supported on
slender, tapering, standing stiles and curved front posts that continue through
the seat to form the front legs. The mat seat is set in a rectangular frame above
a plain, beaded apron and spandrels. The whole is raised on legs of round
section joined by stepped stretchers at the sides and a footrest at the front.
40 in. (101.6 cm.) high, 23 Ω in. (59.7 cm.) wide, 18 æ in. (47.6 cm.) deep

$80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE
Ming Gallery, Ltd., New York, 1995.
LITERATURE
LITERATURE
S. Handler, Ming Furniture In the Lig
S. Handler, Ming Furniture In the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley,
2005, p. 118.
2005, p. 118.
The ‘Southern oficial’s hat’ armchair is one of the most popular forms in
The ‘Southern oficial’s hat’ armcha
Chinese furniture. Also known as continuous yokeback armchair, it difers
Chinese furniture. Also known as co
from the oficial’s hat armchair in that its crest rail continues into the back
from the oficial’s hat armchair in th
rails as opposed to extending beyon
rails as opposed to extending beyond them.” For a comprehensive view of
the evolution of the yokeback chair,
the evolution of the yokeback chair, see Sarah Handler, ‘A Yokeback Chair for
Sitting Tall,’ Journal of the Chinese Classical Furniture Society, Spring 1993,
Sitting Tall,’ Journal of the Chinese
pp. 4-23, where the author discuss
pp. 4-23, where the author discuss the development of the yokeback chair
as one of the earliest chair types in
as one of the earliest chair types in China.
The present chair appears to be the matching pair to another Southern
The present chair appears to be the
oficial’s hat armchair sold at Christie’s London, May 2018, lot 311. A similar
oficial’s hat armchair sold at Christ
pair of armchairs, dated to the Ming
pair of armchairs, dated to the Ming dynasty, but with plain backsplats, is
illustrated in G. Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, p.112.
illustrated in G. Bruce, Two Decade
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅