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A HUANGHUALI YOKE BACK SIDE CHAIR, DENGGUAYI Eskenazi Ltd, purchased 14 Jan 2002.
16th/17th century
The elegantly shaped yoke toprail tenoned into the two slender stiles A similar yokeback side chair, with different side aprons, formerly in the
which run through the seat to become the back legs and is supported Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, is published in Curtis Evarts
by the gently curved s-shaped back splat tongue-and-grooved into the and Wang Shixiang, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical
top rail and into the seat frame composed of standard mitre, mortise- Chinese Furniture. Chicago and San Francisco: 1995, no. 21.
and-tenoned construction and enclosed with a hard seat above a finely
beaded and shaped apron tongue-and-grooved into the front legs For a pair of closely related lamphanger side chairs, see Christie’s,
and ending at the foot rest, the side hump-back aprons supported by New York, Sale 2427, Lot 185, 24 March 2011; see also Sotheby’s,
paired struts above stepped stretchers. New York, lot 217, 17 March 2015. See as well an example with
46 1/4 x 20 5/8 x 16 3/4in (117.5 x 52.3 x 42.5cm) horizontal stretchers rather than carved aprons offered as lot 4404,
China Guardian, 17 May 2014.
US$20,000 - 30,000
十六或十七世紀 黃花梨燈掛椅
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