A VERY RARE PAIR OF INLAID HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN OFFICIAL’S HAT’ ARMCHAIRS, NANGUANMAOYI

Los 2814
29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 17 250 000
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Los 2814 | A VERY RARE PAIR OF INLAID HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN OFFICIAL’S HAT’ ARMCHAIRS, NANGUANMAOYI
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A VERY RARE PAIR OF INLAID HUANGHUALI ‘SOUTHERN OFFICIAL’S HAT’ ARMCHAIRS, NANGUANMAOYI

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

Each chair has an arched crestrail supported on curved rear posts and an S-shaped back splat decorated with ‘hundred-treasure-inlay’, bai bao qian, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, lacquer and soapstone depicting a bird on flowering branches. The arm rails are elegantly supported on slender standing stiles terminating in the front posts above the soft mat seat with beaded aprons and spandrels. All supported on round sectioned legs joined by a footrest at the front and stepped stretchers.

49 5/8 in. (126 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.) deep





Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1995





Literature

National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 86.



Exhibited

Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 26 June-5 September 1999.

Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-2019.



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