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十七世紀 黃花梨四出頭官帽椅一對
估價
500,000 - 700,000 USD
招標截止
描述
- Huanghuali
the vigorously shaped top rail with a flattened headrest ends in everted rounded ends, the plain S-shaped backsplat tongue and grooved into the underside of the top rail and the back member of the seat frame, the stiles are tenoned into the tip rail and pass through the seat becoming the legs, the elongated serpentine shaped arms, mortised and tenoned into the stiles and S-form posts supported by tapering S-shaped braces of circular section, the seat frame with two transverse stretchers underneath, the frame with double cushioned molding above the front apron carved to the center with addorsed leafy sprays, supported on legs of circular section joined by ascending stretchers with plain aprons (2)
來源
MD Flacks Ltd.，紐約，1997年
Condition
Both armchairs with expected wear and typical consolidation to the joints. One armchair with a repaired split to the crestrail. The other with a small split to the back splat extending from the base.
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.
拍品資料及來源
Yokeback chairs, or 'official's hat armchairs' as they are termed in China, were first depicted in Buddhist contexts as early as the mid-sixth century, and twelfth century pottery yokeback chairs are found in Jin dynasty tombs. During the seventeenth century elegant huanghuali chairs such as the present type were hung with patterned silk kesi runners, held in place between the terminals of the crestrail. Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Hong Kong 2001, pp. 43-59, devotes a chapter to the form and reproduces a number of paintings and prints depicting yokeback chairs 'in use' and comments that the 'hardwood yokeback chair, symbol of power and prestige, crossed over class boundaries.'
The present chairs are distinguished by their large size, the generous sweep of the crestrail, the well-shaped terminals, and the elegantly curved front and back posts, both of which continue through the seat to form the legs and although the general type is widely published, the majority do not exhibit such elegant form or proportion. Examples of these armchairs with variation in the decoration on the aprons have been illustrated by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Nicholas Grindley and Anita Christy, Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, cat. no. 8; Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, Honolulu, 1982, fig. 7; Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Dover, 1986, p. 102, pl. 80; Kai-Yin Lo, Classical and Vernacular Furniture in the Living Environment, Chicago, 1998, fig. 9; Curtis Evarts and Wang Shixiang, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, San Francisco, 1995, no. 22; and Grace Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, p. 110.
A single armchair of similarly large size was sold in these rooms 20th March 2012, lot 127. Also compare a pair of yokeback armchairs but with truncated ends sold in these rooms 11th September 2012, lot 218. A pair with arch-shaped aprons but without the floral-spray carvings from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, sold at Christie's, New York, 19th September 1996, lot 85.
The present chairs are distinguished by their large size, the generous sweep of the crestrail, the well-shaped terminals, and the elegantly curved front and back posts, both of which continue through the seat to form the legs and although the general type is widely published, the majority do not exhibit such elegant form or proportion. Examples of these armchairs with variation in the decoration on the aprons have been illustrated by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Nicholas Grindley and Anita Christy, Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, cat. no. 8; Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, Honolulu, 1982, fig. 7; Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Dover, 1986, p. 102, pl. 80; Kai-Yin Lo, Classical and Vernacular Furniture in the Living Environment, Chicago, 1998, fig. 9; Curtis Evarts and Wang Shixiang, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, San Francisco, 1995, no. 22; and Grace Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, p. 110.
A single armchair of similarly large size was sold in these rooms 20th March 2012, lot 127. Also compare a pair of yokeback armchairs but with truncated ends sold in these rooms 11th September 2012, lot 218. A pair with arch-shaped aprons but without the floral-spray carvings from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, sold at Christie's, New York, 19th September 1996, lot 85.