Rouwan is one of the excellent qualities of Ming-style furniture, the lines are curved and straight, the components are more than single and thin, and the Minghuanghuali four-headed official hat chair now in the Shanghai Museum is a typical example (below).
At the end of 2017, a pair of Huanghuali four-year-old chairs with extremely similar specifications and sizes appeared in Beijing. According to the research of experts, they belong to the same as the Shangbo collection, and they turned out to be long-lost brothers of the same door.
The pair of chairs, estimated at 2.8 million to 3.8 million yuan, then auctioned for 10.35 million yuan, caused a lot of sensation for a while. Gentle and gentle topics have frequently appeared in the press, arousing the interest of more collectors and enthusiasts.
In fact, the gentle wind in Ming-style furniture is not only reflected in the four-headed official hat and chair, but also in the slender, tall, and graceful shapes of the instrument, which may have this quality.
Compared with the four-headed chair, the difference between the Nanguan hat chair is that the head is not out of the head, and many heirlooms also have the same style, especially the high-back chair type.
Huanghuali high backrest Nanguan hat chair pair, length 57 width 43 height 113 cm, broken dynasty for the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, thin and tall, thin and tall, fine and soft materials, although not as prominent as the Shangbo collection, but also revealed a soft charm.
Cut out the backward pillow shape in the middle of the head, bend the sides slightly downwards and raise it, and make a smoking bag pot mortise at the end to connect the upper leg of the hind leg.
From the positive point of view, the left, center and right sections of the brain are basically at the same level, and it does not feel so special at first.
However, if you look down from top to bottom, you will find that the occipital slope stretches sharply from back to front, and then bends backwards downwards, forming a slope that is suitable for the left and right of the head.
The shape of the brain is changed to meet the use function, bending the fine material and digging it, and the waste is huge.
This is a picture of the right chair with a brain, and the upper section of the hind legs connected by tenons and tenons is also meandering and undulating, twisting and turning with the curve of the human spine.
Tomorrow you will see the one-panel backrest of the Huanghuali Nanguan Hat Chair, as well as details of other parts.