nanmu

Lot 134. A small huanghuali, nanmu and softwood round-corner tapered cabinet, yuanjiaogui, Mid Qing Dynasty; 74cm (29 1/8in) wide x 44cm (17 5/16in) deep x 108cm (42 1/2in) high. Estimate HK$ 250,000-400,000. Sold for HK$ 315,000 (€ 33,548). Photo: Bonhams. The floating panel top set into a standard mitre, mortise and tenon, tongue and groove frame with rounded corners showing exposed tenons on the short sides, the four main stiles gently splayed and double-tenoned into the top, rounded on the exterior edges... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5050. A Nanmu carving of a lingzhi, Qing dynasty, 17th–18th century; 9.5 cm, 3 3/4  in. Estimate 80,000 — 100,000 HKD. Sold for 137,500 HKD (16,269 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. carved in the form of natural lingzhi fungus sprigs, the wood of a golden brown tone, hardwood stand, together with a painting by the Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat. Provenance: The Jiansongge Collection.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11th April 2008,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1568. A nanmu square-corner display cabinet, wanligui, 18th century; 65 7/8 in. (167.3 cm.) high, 29 in. (73.6 cm.) wide, 14 1/8 in. (35.8 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013.  Of rectangular shape, the cabinet has an open top shelf enclosed by plain aprons and spandrels, above the cabinet with two doors, deeply carved with dense peony meander issuing from rocks. The two doors are fitted flush and open to reveal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 372. A rare huanghuali and nanmu wine table, jiuzhuo, 16th-17th century; 34 1/8 in. (86.7 cm.) high, 41 in. (104.1 cm.) wide, 29 5/8 in. (75.3 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 90,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 217,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The attractive large nanmu burl panel set into the broad rectangular huanghuali frame, with beaded 'ice-plate' edge above the wide, beaded undulating single-panel apron, the slightly splayed legs of circular... [Lire la suite]

Lot 308. A rare pair of nanmu and burlwood round-courner cabinets, 18th century; 55 ½ x 31 x 16 ½ in. (141 x 78.7 x 42 cm). Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000. Price realised GBP 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The doors have finely whorled burlwood (huamu) floating panels set within a nanmu frame and fitted flush around the removable center stile. The doors open to reveal a shelved interior and a pair of drawers. The elegantly splayed legs are of round section and are joined by plain... [Lire la suite]

Lot 42. Ensemble de douze panneaux en zitan et nanmu montés en paravent, Chine, Dynastie Qing, XIXème siècle. Estimate EUR 12,000 - EUR 18,000 (USD 13,455 - USD 20,183). Price realised EUR 602,500 (USD 672,792). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Chaque panneau est composé d'un cadre en zitan dont la partie inférieure est ornée d'une chauve-souris soutenant le symbole de bon augure du double carpe. La partie supérieure est ornée d'une pierre sonore. Les panneaux en nanmu sont sculptés de fleurs... [Lire la suite]

An important and extremely rare, Huanghuali, Nanmu, and black lacquer single plank pedestal table, 'jiajian', Ming dynasty (1368-1644), late 16th century. Photo courtesy Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art Ltd. 90 cm. high; 308 cm. wide; 53 cm. deep The nanmu plank top very thickly lacquered on both sides, displaying attractive ‘snake belly’ crackle throughout, trimmed on all four sides with a strip of huanghuali. Supported by a pair of huanghuali pedestals of elegantflush sided construction, each floating above very small recessed... [Lire la suite]

Duan inkstone contained within a nanmu box. China, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Photo courtesy Nicholas Grindley Works of Art Ltd. Length 3.5 x Width 3 x Depth .5 inches(8.9 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm).Nicholas Grindley Works of Art Ltd. Chinese Furniture and Scholars' Objects. Hazlitt Gooden & Fox, 17 East 76th Street, New York 10021. T (212) 772 1950 - M (917) 945 9293 - nick@nicholasgrindley.com - rebecca@nicholasgrindley.com -www.nicholasgrindley.com. Asia Week New York. A Celebration of Asian Art. MARCH 14–22, 2014

A huanghuali inlaid nanmu couch bed (luohanchuang), 17th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's of elegant proportions, the removable back and arm rails of solid board nanmu panels carefully inlaid withhuanghuali, the center panel with a pair of sinuous confronting chilong in low relief each within a rectangular frame and centered by a raised boxwood circular medallion of a stylized shou character, the side panels each with a single dragon similar to the others, the inlaid... [Lire la suite]

A pair of huanghuali and boxwood inlaid nanmu compound cabinets (sijiangui), Ming dynasty, 17th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's of massive rectangular form, in two sections, the upper chest with two square panel doors, the large cabinet with a pair of rectangular panel doors, each inlaid with a sinuous chilong issuing lingzhi within a raised frame ofhuanghuali wood, the horizontal panel above the plain apron inlaid with a frieze of boxwood latticework of linked ruyi-heads, the interior with... [Lire la suite]