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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
          ~1664
          A VERY RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI LOW-BACK ARMCHAIRS,
          FUSHOUYI
          17TH CENTURY
          Each has an elegantly curved top rail carved with high, rounded corners that
          continue to the curving back posts and extend through the frame of a mat
          seat to form the rear legs. The back posts are joined by a low horizontal back
          panel carved in openwork with two confronted dragons fanking lingzhi fungus
          above a beaded, curvilinear apron with entwining leafy tendrils. Below each
          elongated S-shaped arm is a stretcher of conforming shape. The legs are
          joined on the front and sides by beaded curvilinear aprons that continue to
          form the spandrels.
          38Ω in. (97.8 cm.) high, 22º in. (56.5 cm.) wide, 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
                                                         (2)
          $300,000-500,000
          十七世紀   黃花梨矮靠背扶手椅一對靠背扶手椅一對




























































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