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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE HONG KONG COLLECTION
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI ARMCHAIRS,
MEIGUIYI
LATE MING - EARLY QING DYNASTY
each with a rectangular top rail mortised and tennoned to
the stiles, set with a beaded-edge apron shaped with angular
scrolls and tongue-and-grooved into the top rail, the stiles
continuing through the seat frame and extending as the back
legs, the arms mortise and tenon to the stiles and posts,
continuing through the seat and extending as the front legs,
the hard cane seat bordered by a horizontal stretcher set with
vertical pillar-shaped struts below, the front beaded-edged
apron carved in low relief with meandering tendrils, the side
aprons and the back apron left plain, the front legs joined
by a shaped footrest atop a plain shaped apron on the front
and aprons on the sides, the legs joined by rounded square
stretchers
91.5 by 56 by 45 cm, 36 by 22 by 17¾ in.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200
明末至清初 黃花梨卷口玫瑰椅一對
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