Lot 8025 A rare huanghuali horseshoe-back armchair, 17th century | 十七世紀　黃花梨圈椅

A rare huanghuali horseshoe-back armchair, 17th century | 十七世紀　黃花梨圈椅

HKD 600,000

600,000 - 1,200,000 HKD

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65.4 by 65.4 by h. 94.6 cm
来源：Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 22nd September 1988.
A New England private collection.
Christie’s New York, 25th March 2022, lot 1009.
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说明：來源
嘉木堂，香港，1988年9月22日
新英格蘭私人珍藏
紐約佳士得2022年3月25日，編號1009
The horseshoe-back armchair, distinguished by its gracefully sweeping crestrail and out-turned hooks, is one of the classic forms of Chinese seating furniture. While the basic form is well known, the present chair is distinguished by the elegant, elongated spandrels flanking the vertical posts above the seat. This subtle detail serves to emphasise the refined curve of the crestrail and arms. The design is further elevated by the tripartite backsplat, which showcases the richly figured huanghuali grain, contrasting beautifully with the delicately carved openwork ruyi-head panel.
A pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs with plain splats, similarly fitted with elongated spandrels, is illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Ming Furniture Through My Eyes, Beijing, 2015, p. 101.
For a comprehensive discussion of this classic chair form, see Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasty, New York, 1971, pp. 86-87; and Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 43-45.
圈椅為中國古典椅具經典樣式之一，以其圓潤流暢之椅圈及外撇扶手為特徵。此類形制雖屬經典，然本品出眾之處在於座面之上、鵝脖兩側所飾之修長牙子。此一細節巧妙地突顯了椅圈與扶手之優雅弧度。其三段式靠背板更添雅緻，盡顯黃花梨瑰麗生動之木紋，與精雕細琢之透雕如意雲頭開光形成鮮明對比，相得益彰。
參考一對飾素面靠背板及修長牙子之黃花梨圈椅，錄於伍嘉恩，《明式家具經眼錄》，北京，2015年，頁101。
關於此類椅具形制之詳盡論述，請參考安思遠，《Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasty》，紐約，1971年，頁86-87；以及王世襄，《明式家具珍賞》，香港，1990年，頁43-45。