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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI LAMPHANGER SIDE CHAIRS,
DENGGUAYI
17TH CENTURY
The shaped crestrail is raised on a curved backsplat and backward-curving The presence of humpback stretchers and struts below the seat on
rear posts which extend through the seat frame to form the rear legs. The the present pair is an elegant variant from the more commonly seen
mat seat is set in a rectangular frame above humpback stretchers and plain apron and spandrels. A huanghuali side chair, constructed with
supported on legs of square section joined by stepped stretchers. humpback stretchers and vertical struts below the seat, is illustrated by
R. H. Ellsworth in Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections,
41¬ in. (105.6 cm) high, 19æ in. (50.2 cm.) wide, 16¡ in. (41.6 cm.) deep (2)
Honolulu, 1982, p. 57, pl. 36, where it is dated to the 17th century. A
similar huanghuali lamphanger side chair, with plain apron and spandrels,
$50,000-70,000
dated to the late 17th century is illustrated by R. Jacobsen and N. Grindley
in Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Chicago,
PROVENANCE:
Christopher Cooke, London (according to label). 1999, p. 54, pl. 10. Another huanghuali side chair, with extended crestrail,
Christie’s New York,16 September 1999, lot 73. is illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture:
Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 38, no. A56.
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