A VERY RARE AND LARGE STONE-INSET HUANGHUALI YOKEBACK ARMCHAIR, SICHUTOU GUANMAOYI

Lot 2811
29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 11 250 000
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ID 841512
Lot 2811 | A VERY RARE AND LARGE STONE-INSET HUANGHUALI YOKEBACK ARMCHAIR, SICHUTOU GUANMAOYI
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HKD 2 400 000 – 3 500 000
A VERY RARE AND LARGE STONE-INSET HUANGHUALI YOKEBACK ARMCHAIR, SICHUTOU GUANMAOYI

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

The large chair is constructed with a sweeping crestrail supported by an S-shaped back splat inset with a Dali stone panel below a smaller rectangular panel craved with a pierced and shaped cartouche. The curved vertical round posts are resting on the moulded rectangular seat frame above straight legs of square section supported by ‘giant’s arm’ braces.

45 1/4 in. (115 cm.) high, 26 1/2 in. (67.4 cm.) wide, 21 1/2 in. (54.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1996.





Literature

National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 83.



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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