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A fine huanghuali 'Southern Official's Hat' Armchair, Nanguanmaoyi
17th/18th centuryThe elegant arched crest rail joined to a thick, curved back splat and set off by curved stiles accented by beaded spandrels and run through the seat as the back supports, the well-set arm rests and curved posts continuing to the finely curved front legs set with further brackets over the seat frame and beaded aprons and foot rest, the boxed stretchers butted to u-shaped lower aprons, the thick wood of the chair a rich, honey tone and well figured.48 1/2in (123.3cm) high; the seat frame 25 x 19 1/2in (63.5 x 49.5cm)
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十七/十八世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅Constructed of thick, lush, well-figured wood, this rare chair has the distinction of having paired spandrels under the crest rail and arms, unusual for a nanguanmaoyi. See a comparable chair sold at Christie's New York, September 16 2016, lot 1202, and a pair of chairs sold at Sotheby's New York, 16, November 2009, lot 20. See also Sarah Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley, 2005, p. 117.