AN IMPRESSIVE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI `OFFICIAL`S HAT` ARMCHAIRS

Lot 803
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ID 1466673
Lot 803 | AN IMPRESSIVE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI 'OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIRS
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$ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
AN IMPRESSIVE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI 'OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIRS
17TH CENTURY
47 ¾ in. (121.3 cm.) high, 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.3 cm.) deep




Provenance

Eastern Pacific Company (Hei Hung Lu), Hong Kong, 1993.



Literature

V. Weston, Portugal, Jesuits, and Japan: Spiritual Beliefs and Earthly Goods, Boston, 2013, illus. p. 139, cat. 60 (one of four illustrated).



Exhibited

One pair: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Draped in Dragons: Chinese Court Costume, 3 December 2003 - 2 May 2004.
One of four: Boston, McMullen Museum of Art, Spiritual Beliefs and Earthly Goods: Jesuits and the Exchange Between Portugal and Japan in the Age of Exploration, 14 January-14 June 2013.
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