17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT ARMCHAIR, NANGUANMAOYI
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The top rail supported on corner posts flanking the elegantly curved splat, the arm rails supported on S-shaped struts and terminating in the curved front posts, all above the soft mat seat set within the rectangular frame, and stepped stretchers supporting short, vertical struts, the whole raised on legs of rounded-square section joined by stepped stretchers and the footrest with a plain, shaped apron
37 5/8 in. (95.5 cm.) high, 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm.) wide, 17 3/16 in. (43.7 cm.) deep

Provenance

Cola Ma.

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Lot Essay

A huanghuali armchair of closely related size and nearly identical form is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Hong Kong, 2002, p. 44, no. 30, where it is dated to the Ming dynasty.

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