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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HONG KONG COLLECTION 明十七世紀 黃花梨燈掛椅
A HUANGHUALI CONTINUOUS YOKEBACK 來源：
SIDE CHAIR 嘉木堂，倫敦
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

elegantly proportioned with slender members, the top rail
carved with a headrest in the centre and hidden mortised and
tennoned into the stiles on both ends, the stiles extending
through the seat frame and continuing as back legs, a plain
S-shaped back splat tongue-and-grooved into the top rail
and tennoned into the seat frame, the seat of standard
mitre, mortise and tenon construction with exposed tenons,
moulding inward, a wide flat-banded-edged spandrelled apron
butt-joined to the underside of the seat and continuing tongue-
and-grooved into the legs, the aprons on the sides similarly
shaped, the slightly splayed legs joined by rounded stretchers
and a footrest in front set above a humpback-shaped apron
109 by 50.5 by 39 cm, 42⅞ by 19⅞ by 15⅜ in.

PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce, London.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

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