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Huanghuali Armchairs and Side Table with Qing-style Design

A pair of Huanghuali Qing-style armchairs, Quanyi, and a side table, 20th century, each chair with a rounded crestrail set on straight front and back posts, flanked by shaped beaded edge spandrels and tapering side posts, the out-scrolled terminals carved with openwork foliate scrolls, the rectangular back splat enclosing a pierced ruyi -shaped foliate panel and flanked with similarly pierced spandrels, the rectangular panelled seat within a mitred frame supported on four slightly curved square section legs on cloud-scroll feet with pierced spandrels above a platform base, the rectangular table en suite, -3, the chairs each 38.78 in. high, 28.35 in. wide, 26.77 in. deep, the table 33.07 in. high, 22.83 in. wide, 16.93 in. deep. Provenance: Yue Kee Curio Co., Hong Kong. Private Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above on 13 March 1990. Compare with a zitan armchair dated to the early Qing Dynasty in The Palace Museum Collection, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture, p 102 and 103, pl 56..

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  • Ming Dynasty - The Ming Dynasty was a ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644. It succeeded the Yuan Dynasty and preceded the Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was established by Zhu Yuanzhang, a former Buddhist monk who became a rebel leader and eventually overthrew the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, China experienced a period of relative stability and prosperity. The government was centralized and bureaucratic, with the emperor at the top of the hierarchy. The Ming Dynasty is known for its cultural achievements, including the development of porcelain, the invention of movable type printing, and the construction of the Great Wall of China.

  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Huanghuali Wood - Huanghuali is the most sought-after timber used in the construction of Chinese furniture because of its fine colour and grain.

    During Ming and early Qing dynasties, most of the best furniture was made from huanghuali wood.

    It is a member of the rosewood family and over time the surface mellows to a yellowish brown tone with the exposure to light.

    In recent years, furniture made from huanghuali wood has increased exponentially in value.
  • Zitan Wood - Zitan is the most expensive, and since ancient times, has been considered the most precious of woods.

    Zitan wood is the hardest and heaviest of all hardwoods. It is purplish-black to black in colour, and with a grain so dense it is virtually invisible.

    Zitan can usually only be obtained in quite narrow strips and so it is rare to find large pieces of furniture made from this wood. True Chinese rosewood is a variety of zitan and is very rare.
  • Qing Dynasty - The Qing Dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912. It was established by the Manchu people, who originated from the northeastern region of China. The Qing Dynasty was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China.

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