19TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF ZITAN ARMCHAIRS
19TH CENTURY
44 in. (111.7 cm.) high, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide, 19 ¼ in. (48.9 cm.) deep

Provenance

My Humble House, Taipei (according to the label).

Literature

C.Y. Tsai, Zitan: The Most Noble Hardwood, My Humble House Publications, Taipei, 1996, pp. 58-9.（one chair）

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A pair of hongmu armchairs with scrolled back and sides and a scrolled headrest carved with a bat and chime, dated to the mid-Qing period, is illustrated by Tian Jiaqing in Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 40.

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