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Benches in pairs are extremely rare among the repertoire of Chinese This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/
furniture. Published examples of the exact form have not been found, import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to
but a huanghuali bench of simialer size with cloud-scroll spandrels addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office
unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for
and feet, from the Tseng Riddel Collection is illustrated in Splendor of further information.
Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National
Museum of History, Taipei, 1999, p. 63. 本拍賣品由黃檀屬的木製造而成。從2017年1月2日起，所有由黃檀屬的木製成的物品受
CITES出入口管制。除非獲得CITES再出口許可，此拍賣品只可運送至香港境內的地址或
從我們的香港拍賣場提取。請與專家部門聯繫以瞭解詳情。
成對之條凳極為珍罕，傳世品中幾乎未見相同的例子。Tseng-Riddel珍
藏一張尺寸相仿，牙條飾卷雲紋、卷雲足例曾展於台北歷史博物館，見
《風華再現：明清家具特展》，台北，1999年，頁63。

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