晚清民国 明式 缅甸花梨木圈椅

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晚清民国 明式 缅甸花梨木圈椅

参考：佳士得拍賣 2463
中國瓷器及工藝精品 I & II
紐約|2011年9月15日
拍品1335|ANOTHER PROPERTY
明末/清初 　　黃花梨如意雲頭紋圈椅一對
17TH CENTURY

成交總額
USD 158,500

估價
USD 100,000 – USD 150,000

來源
Sotheby’s, New York, 23-25 April 1987, lot 564.

拍品專文
Horseshoeback armchairs of this type are represented in many public and private collections. The major distinguishing feature, other than the form of these chairs, is the decorative carving usually found on the splat and the apron. For a discussion of this design, see R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasty, New York, 1971, pp. 86-7, and Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 43-5.

Examples of this popular form in huanghuali include a pair with carved ruyi heads on the splats, illustrated by Wang Shixiang and C. Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995, p. 56, no. 26, later sold in these rooms, 19 September 1996, lot 99. A single huanghuali horseshoeback armchair, carved in similar fashion, is illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, pp. 68-9, no. 14, where it is dated to the late Ming dynasty, ca. 1600-1650. See, also the 17th century pair of huanghuali horseshoeback armchairs with carved splats sold in these rooms, 19 March 2009, lot 649.

編製圖錄及詳情
拍品前備註
ANOTHER PROPERTY

参考：佳士得拍賣 13751
中國瓷器及工藝精品
紐約|2017年9月14日 – 15日
拍品947| 清 紫檀马蹄形圈椅
PROPERTY FROM THE NANCY AND ED ROSENTHAL COLLECTION
A VERY RARE PAIR OF ZITAN CONTINUOUS HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS, QUANYI
18TH CENTURY

估價
USD 300,000 – USD 500,000

A VERY RARE PAIR OF ZITAN CONTINUOUS HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS, QUANYI
18TH CENTURY
Each has a sweeping crestrail supported on an S-shaped backsplat and vertical rear and front posts which continue through the rectangular seat to form the legs, above humpback stretchers fitted with vertical struts. The legs are of round section and are joined by stepped stretchers and a foot rest at the front.
35 ¼ in. (89.6 cm.) high, 25 1/8 in. (63.8 cm.) wide, 22 ½ in. (57.2 cm.) deep

來源
Chan Shing Kee, Hong Kong, November 1994.

文獻及展覽
文獻
V. Bower, S. Handler and J. Burris, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008, p. 48, fig. 19.

展覽
Cincinnati, Taft Museum of Art, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, 7 November 2008 – 11 January 2009.

拍品專文
While examples of horseshoe-back armchairs are readily known, one of the rarest variations of the form is the continuous rail horseshoe-back armchair. The design of these very rare chairs was inspired by bamboo furniture. The elegantly shaped crestrail and rounded members were carved to simulate the bamboo furniture construction technique of bending long stalks of bamboo using steam or heat. The abundance of bamboo made it popular among the lower classes, as a cost-effective and more easily portable alternative to the more luxurious hardwood furniture. Known bamboo-inspired examples in huanghuali include a pair formerly in the Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 March 2015, lot 47 and a single example formerly in the Flacks Family Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1105 and illustrated by M. Flacks in Classical Chinese Furniture: A Very Personal Point of View, London, 2011, pp. 59-63.

Refer to Ronald W. Longsdorf, “Chinese Bamboo Furniture, Its Influence on Hardwood Furniture Design,” Orientations, January 1994, pp.76-83, where the author discusses the features of bamboo furniture carried over to hardwood forms, such as rounded members, ‘wrap-around’ stretchers, ‘stacked’ stretchers and the use of closely placed vertical struts.

A pair of zitan continuous horseshoe-back armchairs of similar construction and design are illustrated by My Humble House, Zitan, The Most Noble Hardwood, Taiwan, 1996, pp. 42-3. Two pairs of zitan continuous horseshoe-back armchairs are illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, vol. 1, pp. 80-1, no. 20 and vol. II, pp. 38-9, no. 14.

編製圖錄及詳情
拍品前備註
PROPERTY FROM THE NANCY AND ED ROSENTHAL COLLECTION