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Qing dynasty furniture at Christie's New York, 26 March 2010

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Lot 1226. A huanghuali six-poster canopy bed, jiazichuang, 18th century; 88 7/8 in. (225.7 cm.) high, 85 in. (216 cm.) wide, 55 in. (139.7 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 120,000 - USD 180,000. Price realised USD 362,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

The openwork top formed by a latticework of wan emblems repeated on the upper portion of the frame above chi dragon spandrels and stepped stretchers, the soft mat seat set within the thick, rectangular frame and enclosed by further wan latticework beneath chi dragon roundels, all above a narrow waist and attractively shaped aprons carved in high relief with chi dragons confronted around a ruyi head at the center, the design repeated at the top of the elegantly curved legs, which terminate in scroll-form feet.

Provenance: Grace Wu Bruce, 1997.

NoteA similar six-poster huanghuali canopy bed in the collection of the Palace Museum, also featuring a design of wan emblems on the lower rails, is illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 135, no. C17. However, it is interesting to note that the present bed is more elaborate in the carving on the aprons, legs and spandrels. 

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Lot 1213. A rare and unusual low zitan armchair, Late Qing dynasty; 35½ in. (89 cm.) high, 32 in. (81.3 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 120,000 - USD 180,000. Price realised USD 182,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

The S-shaped splat terminating in a coiled scroll and carved with a winged stylizedtaotie mask suspending a chime and tassels, flanked by stepped back rails and arm rails, both with archaistic scroll-form aprons, above the soft mat seat woven with a faint wanfret, the front of the frame carved with two shaped reserves enclosing interlocked scroll, above a narrow waist with pairs of elongated, rounded bosses and shaped, beaded aprons carved with archaistic scroll, all supported on inward-curved, beaded legs terminating in hoof feet.

Property from the Collection of Philip Wood, San Francisco. 

Note: The present armchair is unusual in that it is significantly lower and wider than a standard Qing dynasty armchair, and more closely resembles a small throne. This type of variation appears more frequently on furniture of the late Ming dynasty, as evidenced by two armchairs in the Palace Museum, illustrated in Ming Qing Guting Jiaju Da Guan, Beijing, 2006, nos. 71 and 73. However, the decoration found on the present chair is more typical of mid-late Qing dynasty style. Compare the closely related decoration seen on the splat of a middle Qing dynasty zitan armchair, illustrated ibid., no. 88. Note the similarity in carving and subject matter, with a bat suspending a tasseled chime, a design repeated frequently on furniture throughout the Qing dynasty.

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Lot 1221. A zitan waisted corner-leg side table, banzhuo, 18th-19th century; 32½ in. (82.6 cm.) high, 46 in. (117 cm.) wide, 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 182,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

With two-panel top set within the wide rectangular frame with beaded edge, above a narrow reticulated waist and shaped aprons carved with stylized ruyi heads on the long sides, all supported on beaded legs of rounded-square section framed by spandrels carved with archaistic scroll and terminating in scroll-form feet.

Note: Compare another zitan corner-leg table in the Qing Court collection with a nearly identical reticulated waist and hoof feet, although with key-fret aprons and spandrels, dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, p. 105, no. 93.

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Lot 1219. zitan waistless corner-leg side table, banzhuo, 18th-19th century; 31 3/8 in. (79.7 cm.) high, 32¾ in. (83.2 cm.) wide, 17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

The three-panel top set within a rectangular frame carved on the exterior with a continuous rope-twist band above plain beaded aprons, supported on beaded legs of square section terminating in hoof feet and joined by stretchers carved with archaistic fret and dragon-form roundels. 

Provenance: Acquired in the early 1970s. 

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Lot 1222. huanghuali and huamu square corner-leg table, fangzhuo, 17th-18th century; 31 5/8 in. (80.3 cm.) high, 32½ in. (82.6 cm.) square. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 86,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

The single-panel huamu top set within the square huanghuali frame with beaded edge, above plain, beaded aprons and cloud-form spandrels, supported on thick legs of rounded section joined to the underside by 'giant's arm' braces.

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Lot 1223. A pair of jumu tapered cabinets, yuanjiaogui, 17th-18th century; 67 in. (172 cm.) high, 35 7/8 (91 cm.) wide, 18 in. (47 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.

Elegantly proportioned, the protruding top with fluted edge set on slightly splayed, fluted corner posts enclosing the single-board recessed panel doors, opening on wood hinges from the removable center stile to reveal two drawers with chrysanthemum-form plates and pulls, above a simple apron and short spandrels, the doors with three-part lock plate and pulls.

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection.
Christie's, New York, 19 March 2008, lot 381.

Christie'sFine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. 26 March 2010. New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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