A rare set of four zitan armchairs


Qing DynastyEach with a tall splat scrolling at the top, framed by the openwork back and side rails, above the burlwood seat set within the wide rectangular frame above a waisted aprons and stepped stretchers, the thick, beaded legs of square section terminating in hoof feet. Each 49cm (19 1/4in) wide x 47cm (18 1/2in) deep x 92cm (36 1/4in) high. (4).
|清 紫檀扶手椅四張成堂Provenance: a British private collection, formed circa 1980s-1990s.來源：英國私人收藏，成形於約二十世紀八十至九十年代Compare with a related zitan armchair with scrolling back splat, Mid Qing dynasty, illustrated in Ming Qing gongting jiaju daguan, vol.1, Beijing, 2006, p.107, pl.87. Another related zitan armchair, mid to late Qing, is illustrated by Tian Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, no.37. A related hongmu example, mid Qing, with similar cylindrical scroll crest rail (juanshu) is also illustrated in Ibid., no.40. See also a pair of large zitan armchairs, 18th/19th century, which were sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1351.