A VERY RARE PAIR OF FINELY CARVED HUAMU -INSET ZITAN ARMCHAIRS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE PAIR OF FINELY CARVED HUAMU -INSET ZITAN ARMCHAIRS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Each with tall, protruding splat inset with a thick huamu panel carved in high relief with a fierce five-clawed dragon clutching a pearl and ascending amidst scrolling clouds, flanked by huamu panels carved with a phoenix amidst bamboo, the huamu side panels carved with blossoming prunus and pine, all set within the elegantly shaped zitan rails carved with a diaper ground, the zitan seat set within the wide frame above a plain waist and plain, beaded aprons, the whole supported on thick legs of square section terminating in scroll-form feet and joined by plain stretchers framing elaborately carved rope-twist elements 42 in. (106.7 cm.) high, 25½ in. (64.8 cm.) wide, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) deep (2)
A VERY RARE PAIR OF FINELY CARVED HUAMU -INSET ZITAN ARMCHAIRS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE PAIR OF FINELY CARVED HUAMU -INSET ZITAN ARMCHAIRS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Each with tall, protruding splat inset with a thick huamu panel carved in high relief with a fierce five-clawed dragon clutching a pearl and ascending amidst scrolling clouds, flanked by huamu panels carved with a phoenix amidst bamboo, the huamu side panels carved with blossoming prunus and pine, all set within the elegantly shaped zitan rails carved with a diaper ground, the zitan seat set within the wide frame above a plain waist and plain, beaded aprons, the whole supported on thick legs of square section terminating in scroll-form feet and joined by plain stretchers framing elaborately carved rope-twist elements 42 in. (106.7 cm.) high, 25½ in. (64.8 cm.) wide, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) deep (2)
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