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<p>[QUOTE="Asian Fever, post: 347319, member: 4494"]I don't quite agree with it's age at 1960s, I think it could be possibly in the republic period(1911 - 1949). I love these kind of tenon joint structure chinese furnitures without using any nails and glue.</p><p>BTW, the strange marking you mentioned here, [ATTACH=full]117278[/ATTACH] I cannot tell what it exactly is, but it is not a dragon for sure. It looks like bamboo or vines, but I would like to think it is a family marking(or clan marking). Because I saw familiar marking(totally different pattern) on another chair which once belonged to a notorious Bandit during early 1950s.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are two symmetric bats.[ATTACH=full]117279[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last, this chair is full size and should not be for human to sit. It should be placed beside Alter table, and is used for worship ancestors.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS: Check the material of this chair, the material is always the most important for Chinese furniture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Asian Fever, post: 347319, member: 4494"]I don't quite agree with it's age at 1960s, I think it could be possibly in the republic period(1911 - 1949). I love these kind of tenon joint structure chinese furnitures without using any nails and glue. BTW, the strange marking you mentioned here, [ATTACH=full]117278[/ATTACH] I cannot tell what it exactly is, but it is not a dragon for sure. It looks like bamboo or vines, but I would like to think it is a family marking(or clan marking). Because I saw familiar marking(totally different pattern) on another chair which once belonged to a notorious Bandit during early 1950s. These are two symmetric bats.[ATTACH=full]117279[/ATTACH] Last, this chair is full size and should not be for human to sit. It should be placed beside Alter table, and is used for worship ancestors. PS: Check the material of this chair, the material is always the most important for Chinese furniture.[/QUOTE]
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