Monochrome II
Monochrome II
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 重要私人珍藏
A HUANGHUALI RECLINING CHAIR QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 黃花梨雙環卡子花拉開式躺椅
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October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
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800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD
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Property from an Important Collection
A HUANGHUALI RECLINING CHAIR
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
重要私人珍藏
清十八世紀 黃花梨雙環卡子花拉開式躺椅
the back seat constructed with a spindle-back framework below two interlocking double circles, the arms of similar design with long side railings joined by a rectangular panelled soft-mat seat, supported on legs of circular section connected to lower stretchers and a collapsible footrest
103.5 by 70 by h. 100 cm, 40 ¾ by 27 ½ by h. 39 ⅜ in.
overall length 149 cm, 58 ⅝ in.
Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong, 10th April 1990.
黎氏古玩，香港，1990年4月10日
This design derives from prototypes known since the Ming dynasty, when reclining chairs of this type enjoyed popularity in the Ming and Qing dynasties. These chairs were found in garden pavilions during the Ming dynasty, see an example from a painting by Qiu Ying, ‘Reading Quietly in the Shade of Pawlonia Trees’, included in the Special Exhibition of Furniture in Paintings, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 5th October 1996 – 31st January 1997, pp. 66-67, cat. no. 27.
此躺椅形制如同玫瑰椅，靠背及扶手梳背式加雙環卡子花，而扶手加長。軟屜坐面，前面的活動擋板，可伸縮，平放時可作窄床。 躺椅造型簡樸，散發文人氣息，仍見明式家具之遺風。
躺椅盛於清朝，源自明朝醉翁椅，仇英繪《飲中八仙歌圖卷》及《桐陰晝靜圖》可見躺椅的雛形，畫中高仕輕靠躺椅，越紙可感閒適安逸之意境。
宋代文人生活優雅含蓄，畫中多見正襟危坐，未見醉翁椅或躺椅身影。反觀明朝文人雅仕，生活輕鬆自如，多彩多姿，這與當時政治、文化理念有莫大的關係。