LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SOUTHERN OFFICIAL'S HAT ARMCHAIR, NANGUANMAOYI
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Each chair has a crest rail supported on curved rear posts and a S-shaped splat with unusual beaded spandrels where the crest rail meets the rear posts. The arm rails are supported on slender, tapering standing stiles terminating in the front posts above the arched and beaded apron, all resting on rounded-square legs joined by stretchers below the footrest.
45 1⁄8 in. (114.5 cm high), 23 1⁄4 in. (59 cm) wide, 17 7⁄8 in. (45.5 cm) deep

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Please note this lot does not come with Grace Wu Bruce Provenance as stated in the printed catalogue
請注意，此拍品沒有伍嘉恩來源。

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Lot Essay

The ‘southern official's hat’ armchair differs from the official's hat armchair in that its crest rail continues into the back rails as opposed to extending beyond them. Compare the present pair to a very similar nanguanmaoyi, sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1202, also with the added unusual feature of spandrels beneath the crest rail and below the arms. A chair of this type is also illustrated by Sarah Handler in Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley, 2005, p. 117.

This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.

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