LATE QING DYNASTY

The anonymous donor to Dong Wu University, who facilitated the donation of a suite of zitan furniture from the Prince Gong Mansion to the National Palace Museum, Taipei, had the present zitan throne chair in their private family collection based in Shanghai. The throne chair was one of the family’s most cherished pieces, and was placed in their study until the 1950s. Photographs taken by the donor in the 1970s document this throne chair prior alongside the set of four zitan stools (lot 1159) and other pieces of furniture now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.