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A HUANGHUALI COUCH WITH SOLID RAILS (LUOHANCHUANG) LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- wood
the back and armrails composed of solid board huanghuali panels, above a soft matted seat set within a mitered frame of wide members with a rounded outer edge, the apron comprised of two molded stretchers enclosing pairs of double-ring struts which, simulating bamboo, wrapped around the outside of each thick cylindrical leg with two curved, tenoned and half-lapped stretchers and two straight transverse stretchers beneath
Provenance
Ming Furniture Ltd., New York, 2008.
Literature
Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Winter 1991, Renaissance, California, p. 17.
Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Hong Kong 2001, fig. 9.18, p. 136.
Sarah Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley, California, 2005, p. 95.
Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Hong Kong 2001, fig. 9.18, p. 136.
Sarah Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley, California, 2005, p. 95.
Condition
The back rail of old timber but later added, the side rails are also replacements. The matted seating has been replaced as expected. Several of the double ring struts along the apron are replaced.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
There is a very fine related example discussed and illustrated in Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, no. 31. The Hung Collection chuang, of the same generous proportions, similarly uses a refined dense hardwood to ironic effect by imitating the lightness and fluid pliability of bamboo. The only difference between the two is that the Hung bed lacks the double-ring struts.