18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A Pair of Unusual Rectangular-Back Carved Zitan and Hongmu Armchairs, Fushouyi
18th-19th century
The round members of the frame of each chair carved to resemble bamboo, the humpback toprail and two backposts enclosing a solid panel carved with buildings in a landscape on the front and with painted mountainous scenes on the back, the rectangular arms enclosing similar panels carved with pavilions, bamboo, and rocks, a hard mat seat within the square frame, supported on legs joined by broad, carved aprons with thickly beaded edges and humpback stretchers around the base, the wood overall of a purplish-black tone
40in. (101.5cm.) high, 26½in. (67.3cm.) wide, 21in. (53.3cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The zitan and hongmu on this piece have been carved to resemble stalks of bamboo. For a piece of similar overall design, but without the panels, see Tian Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 121, no.43. The bamboo design of this chair is enhanced by the fine lacquering on the reverse of the chair panels. The style of the painted lacquer decoration on the backs of these chairs may be compared to that on an early Qing dynasty throne illustrated in Tian Jiaqing, op. cit., no. 53.

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