PROPERTY FROM A NORTH-AMERICAN CHINESE FAMILY COLLECTION, FORMED DURING THE LATE QING DYNASTY

A FINELY CARVED ZITAN SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT ARMCHAIR, NANGUANMAOYI

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Details

A FINELY CARVED ZITAN SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT ARMCHAIR, NANGUANMAOYI
18TH/19TH CENTURY
With stepped top rail supported on rear posts of square section, framing the vase-shaped splat flanked by two carved scrolls and finely carved with a winged monster mask suspending an endless knot and two fish joined by a pendent tassel, the two-panel seat set within a wide rectangular frame above a shaped apron carved with ruyi-head scrolls and archaistic elements, the legs of square section joined by stepped stretchers and a footrest
42 7/8 in. (108.9 cm.) high, 23 7/16 in. (59.5 cm.) wide, 17 15/16 in. (45.6 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owners, Whampoa, Guangdong, circa 1890-1920s, thence by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

An identical, although slightly smaller (99.5 cm.) zitan armchair is in the Liang Yi collection, illustrated by C. Evarts, Liang Yi Collection: Zitan, Hong Kong, 2007, p. 51, no. 11. Also compare the design of twin fish suspended from a knot and ring held in the mouth of a bat, seen on the splat of a Qing dynasty zitan chair in the collection of the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Ming Qing Guting Jiaju Da Guan, vol. II, Beijing, 2006, p. 467, fig. 566.

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