清十七世紀 黃花梨四出頭官帽椅

each with an arched crestrail joined to a wide S-curved rectangular splat, the stiles similarly curved, on a hard caned seat with elegantly outscrolled arms above a beaded and shaped spandrel and a cusped and beaded apron, the legs joined to the frame by tapering dovetail housing joins surmounting long beaded moldings, joined by four typically ascending stretchers from front to back rail, the underside with the original pair of transverse braced but built up for a hard matted seat (2)

教友私人收藏，給加拿大聖馬提亞教堂收藏之禮。

One armchair with a missing apron beneath the footrest and a single broken element of the tapering dovetail housing join which has been glued and the footrail secured with added blocks and new loose tenons. the other chair with a chip to the footrest. Otherwise the pair of armchairs is in good condition.
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此對四出頭官帽椅整體設計簡約明亮，突出其空間感及平衡穩重之結構，線條直中稍帶起伏，主要以圓木枝構成，木枝厚度均一，末端截斷并稍向外轉。椅背刻工順應原木材年輪并呈S形，較直椅背或C形椅背更為舒適。此類四出頭官帽椅為古代中國家庭中不可缺少之物，現廣為各地重要美術館與私人藏家收藏。

關於此類木椅之基本製式和裝飾詞彙，請見科爾特斯·艾瓦特斯「從堂皇到平淡」 一文（《中國古典傢俬學會學報》，1993年春季，23－33頁）。與本拍品相當接近之一件作品，可見於波士頓美術館《屏風之外：十六與十七世紀中國傢俬》展覽圖錄（波士頓，1996年，品號8，頁104），另一對可見於國立歷史博物館《風華再現——明清家具收藏展》圖錄（北京，1999年，頁82）。又另一對同類木椅2011年9月14日曾於本場售出，拍品編號125，形式大小皆與本拍品接近，惟椅背上刻有圓章。