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ර A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI
͋ ڀ HORSESHOE-BACK
ૣ ARMCHAIRS,
ν LATE MING DYNASTY
จ each of elegant and generous proportion, the horseshoe back
७ surmounting a curved splat, the splat carved with a shaped
ਸ਼ archaistic medallion and flanked by moulded spandrels decorated
with similar archaistic scroll, the armrest supported by S-shaped
ಉ braces in the middle and front posts that recede inward and
ɓ tongue-and-grooved with shaped spandrels, the rear posts
continue through the seat rail forming the back legs, the legs
࿁ joined by a footrail and stretchers of ascending heights and
decorated with cusped and moulded aprons, reinforced with
metal straps at the structural joins
67.5 by 62.5 by h. 102 cm
PROVENANCE
Eastern Pacific Co. (Hei Hung-Lu), Hong Kong, 23rd January 1988.
◉ HK$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
US$ 255,000-383,000
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128 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 129
