A RARE ZITAN `SOUTHERN OFFICIAL`S HAT` ARMCHAIR - photo 1

A RARE ZITAN `SOUTHERN OFFICIAL`S HAT` ARMCHAIR

Lot 1018
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 120 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 718580
Lot 1018 | A RARE ZITAN 'SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIR
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
A RARE ZITAN 'SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIR

LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY

The top rail is supported on an S-shaped back splat and curved rear posts, which continue to form the rear legs. The curved arms are supported on tapering braces and front posts, above a mat seat set within a rectangular frame and plain aprons fitted on the front and sides with a lattice-work pattern above straight stretchers. The legs are joined by plain stretchers at the sides and a foot rest at the front.

36 1⁄2 in. (92.7 cm.) high, 23 1⁄4 in. (59 cm.) wide, 21 1⁄8 in. (53.5 cm.) deep







Provenance

Ming Furniture Ltd., New York, November 1989.





Literature

S. Handler, Ming Furniture In the Light of Chinese Architecture, New York, 2005, p. 119.

V. Bower, S. Handler and J. Burris, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008, p. 49, fig. 20.





Exhibited

Cincinnati, Taft Museum of Art, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, 7 November 2008 - 11 January 2009.
Historical era:Qing Dynasty
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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24.03.2022 – 25.03.2022
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