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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
~1661
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS,
QUANYI
18TH CENTURY
The sweeping crest rails terminate in out-swept hooks and are supported by For a discussion of this chair shape, see R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture:
the S-shaped splat carved at the center with two chilong enclosed in a ruyi Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasty, New York, 1971,
head medallion. The mat seats are set within the rectangular frames above pp. 86-87, and Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming
shaped, beaded aprons carved in front with a conjoined leafy scroll. The legs and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 43-45. Examples of this
are joined by stepped stretchers and footrest above a plain apron. popular form in huanghuali include a pair with carved ruyi heads on the
splats, illustrated by Wang Shixiang and Curtis Evarts in Masterpieces from
41º in. (104.7 cm.) high, 29 in. (73.6 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) deep
(2) the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995,
p. 56, no. 26, and later sold at Christie’s New York, 19 September 1996, lot
$100,000-150,000
99, and a pair carved with ruyi heads on the splats and mounted with metal
hardware, formerly in the Lai Family Collection, and sold at Christie’s New
York, 17 September 2015, lot 901.
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