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A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK
ARMCHAIRS, QUANSHIYI
17th century
Each with a wide curving toprail continuing to the armrests with curled
back ends, the back corner posts continuing to the back legs below
the hard mat seat set within the rectangular frame above a waisted
apron supported by shaped spandrels on the front and sides finely
carved with writhing chilong and square-shaped legs terminating in
hoof feet, the wood of a rich honey-brown tone with an attractive
patina, possibly with later additions.
Each 62cm (24 3/8in) wide x 49.5cm (19 1/4in) deep
x 98cm (38 1/2in) high. (2).

£100,000 - 150,000
CNY880,000 - 1,300,000

十七世紀 黃花梨圈椅成對

Provenance: a British private collection, formed circa 1980s-1990s.

來源：英國私人收藏，成形於約二十世紀八十年代至九十年代

Compare with a related rare huanghuali and jichimu yokeback
armchair, 17th century, formerly in the collection of Dr Isaac Newton
of Edinburgh, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23 April 1987,
lot 590. The construction of the present lot is rare, however, it is
not unknown for a chair to have a stool-type seat frame with legs
terminating in hoof-feet. Wang Shixiang illustrates a chair probably
composed of a stool and associated back in Classic Chinese
Furniture, Hong Kong, 1986, pl.40. See also a related horseshoe-back
armchair, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Ming Qing gongting jiaju daguan,
vol.1, Beijing, 2006, p.94, pl.67.

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