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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏
Property from the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman
~900
A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK 高曼珍藏 The horseshoe-back armchair is one of four types of Chinese chairs,
ARMCHAIRS 十ˑ 十Ջˠ紀 黃花梨१椅ˏ對 and is one of the most popular forms within Chinese furniture. The
17TH-18TH CENTURY Ϝ源 delicate, simple lines and graceful curve of the crestrail are what
Vallin Galleries，康涅Ṽ格州，1999年7月8日 give the horseshoe-back armchair its elegant appearance. A pair of
Each 40q in. (102.9 cm.) high, 25º in. (64.1 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.3 cm.) deep
huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, similarly decorated with a ruyi-
$100,000-150,000 head medallion on the backsplat, and formerly in the Walter P. Rundle
collection, New York, was sold at Christie’s New York, 24-25 March
PROVENANCE:
Vallin Galleries, Connecticut, 8 July 1999. 2022, lot 1992.
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