Important Chinese Art

Important Chinese Art

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A pair of 'huanghuali' and 'huali' yokeback sidechairs (Dengguayi) ,Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century | 清十八 / 十九世紀 黃花梨拼花梨木燈掛椅一對

Auction Closed

September 22, 04:06 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A pair of 'huanghuali' and 'huali' yokeback sidechairs (Dengguayi)

Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century

清十八 / 十九世紀 黃花梨拼花梨木燈掛椅一對


each with an undulating crest rail terminating in truncated ends, set above a plain C-shaped rectangular backsplat and gently arched backposts, set into the molded frame securing a hard cane seat above a cusped apron in the front and plain spandreled aprons along the sides and back, the legs joined by stepped base stretchers and footrest (2)


Height 40 in., 101.6 cm; Width 19¾ in., 50.2 cm; Depth 16 in., 40.6 cm

Collection of Florence (1886-1939) and Paul H. Benedict (1888-1968), acquired in China prior to the 1920s, and thence by descent.


來源

Florence (1886-1939) 及 Paul H. Benedict (1888-1968) 伉儷收藏,1920年代之前得於中國,此後家族傳承

Mr. Paul Howie (1888-1968) and Florence (1886-1939) Benedict were an American couple who spent decades in China in the first half of the 20th century, developing their careers and their affinity for Chinese culture and raising a family. Paul was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania and went on to graduate from Yale University (class of 1909) before moving to China as an executive for Standard Oil Company, working variously in Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing, and Tianjin. Florence (neé Florence Jeannette Chaney) earned a Bachelor of Theology at the University of Chicago (class of 1908) and a Master's degree from the same university in 1913. She had a great interest in people of other cultures, writing a Master's thesis titled "The Social and Educational Protection of the Immigrant Girl in Chicago" (1912). Following her graduation she became a Presbyterian missionary in China, serving in Huaiyuan county, Anhui province. Paul and Florence met in China and married in Huaiyuan in 1918, and raised two sons in Beijing. In 1942 while living in Tianjin, Paul was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese army and held for seven months in Beijing before being released. He subsequently moved back to the United States. The Chinese furniture, Buddhist figures, and other works of art that the couple collected in their time abroad have stayed in the family for three generations.