Historical eye 丨 Wuwei has a pair of rare yellow pear carved chairs

Wuwei City Museum Collection Of Ming Dynasty Huanghuali Round Back Five-Sided Carved Chairs (One Pair)

At the Wuwei City Museum, there is a pair of Ming Dynasty Huanghuali round back five-sided carved chairs. This is a pair of rare treasures in the world, 68 cm long, 68 cm wide and 110 cm high. The chair is made of tenons, the back is rounded, three rings, and the elbows are decorated at both ends of the armrest, and the head is as good as the head, dignified and dignified. The backrest side loading plate is divided into three sections, the upper part is ruyi-shaped open light inner carved Shou character pattern, the middle single plate phototropic, and the lowest part is the bright foot hollow curl grass pattern Yang line. The back plate and the chair circle are equipped with wavy flower teeth; the front end of the seat is carved with a tangled lotus pattern; and the hind leg bend is added with carved ruyi pattern horn teeth. The seat surface is made of hemp cords, and the foot pedals are placed at the bottom of the forefoot.

Because of its frequent folding, the chair is not easy to preserve, and there are not many complete heirs. The Ming-style chairs that have been handed down to the world are the rarest, and the number of Huanghuali round back chairs made in the late Ming Dynasty is rare, and the pairs of preserved chairs are rare in the world.

The chair, according to research, originated from the ancient maza, which is actually a maza with a backrest. It is used by those of high status when marching and hunting. During the Han Dynasty, it was introduced to the Central Plains.

In the hierarchical feudal society, the chair is not something that anyone can sit on, and sitting on the chair is a noble symbol of status and status. It is precisely because the chair has such a special role that "sitting on the first chair" has become synonymous with the chief.

Many people mention the chair and think of those guys who occupy the mountain as the king, who often like to arrange the seats in the name of the chair, even if it is the good man of Liangshan who "lists two golden barriers of righteousness and wealth and erects a yellow flag for the apricot yellow flag of the Skywalker". Ancient nobles went out, people hugged back and forth, special people carried chairs, how majestic, domineering, chairs in the minds of ancient people, is a very grand thing.

In the Ming Dynasty, when Chinese furniture was the most brilliant, there were three points of the world, such as the handover chair, the circle chair, and the official hat chair. When it comes to Chinese chairs, many people immediately think of the Taishi chair. Most of the Taishi chair we are talking about now refers to the kind of square armchair, in fact, this is just the name of this chair after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and the earliest Taishi chair actually refers to the chair. Regarding the evolution of the Taishi chair, this goes back to the Song Dynasty and is related to qin juniper, a great traitor of the Song Dynasty. It is said that in the Song Dynasty, there were people who patted qin junipers who called the chair with the head of the lotus leaf as the "Taishi chair", but they did not expect that this chair was quickly popular and was highly respected by the upper class, and later this title was handed down. The Ming Dynasty Huanghuali round back five-sided carved chairs collected by the Wuwei City Museum are actually a pair of Taishi chairs.

Source: Pocket Lanzhou Lanzhou Morning Post, China Gansu Net