61×58×118 cm (24×22 7/8×46 1/2 in)

The curved backsplat of this chair is carved with a large cloud-form ruyi-head above a rectangular panel enclosing a single dragon descending amid clouds, and over a shaped apron molded with beaded trim and scrolled spandrels. The crestrail has a low molded headrest between flared truncated terminals, while the curved armrails are supported on sinuous curved front posts and slender curved upright braces. The seat frame with the grooved outer edge is set on curvilinear aprons carved with symmetrical scrolls, that continue down the squared legs to foot-stretchers accented with low aprons. The foot-stretchers which are ranged in ascending heights (from the front to the side and then the back) have protruding tenons which were possibly used for securing the chair to litter-bearer poles. The tenons distributed the stress more effectively when the chair rather than the stretcher was roped down.
The decorative scheme may represent either a slight deterioration in style, when compared to the other chairs of the 17th and early 18th centuries in the Hung collection, or it could merely be that aesthetics of the Kangxi period tended towards the ornate.
——Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Chinese Funiture: One Hundred and Three Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection Ⅱ

Price estimate:
HKD: 1,500,000 - 2,500,000
USD: 192,700 - 321,200

Auction Result:
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