laitimes

Tsinghua University Art Museum Collection Qunlong Holding Shou Rose Chair

In ancient times, rose chairs were commonly used in three types of use scenes: one was in front of the window table in the boudoir, the other was the irregular seat of the literati, and the third was the waiting seat of the court or the high-ranking official's eminent home. This prototype is Huanghuali, which is exhibited in the Art Museum of Tsinghua University, and the predecessor is from the Central Gongmei. Mr. Wang Shixiang's writings are included. Although there are many carvings, it is still a Ming-style example, and it is also the most gorgeous example of the surviving rose chair. Contemporary times are often used for space furnishings, embellishments, tea room guest chairs, and congratulations from female elders.

Included in Wang Shixiang's "Ming-style Furniture Research", inlaid single-panel carved dragon holding shou pattern, long tail curling, full of cloth space, smooth and coherent, embellished with card flowers under the backrest, relief pattern and abduction pattern of the mouth and teeth, both meaning and reality, Ming and Qing, elegant and flexible.

Read on