ID 841512
Lot 2811 | A VERY RARE AND LARGE STONE-INSET HUANGHUALI YOKEBACK ARMCHAIR, SICHUTOU GUANMAOYI
Estimate value
HKD 2 400 000 – 3 500 000
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.
Post lot text
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| Medium: | Wood, Stone |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Wood, Stone |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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