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731 TP
A FINE PAIR OF JICHIMU HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS,
QUANYI
Mid Qing Dynasty
Both chairs with the sweeping crestrail terminating in outswept
hooks above shaped spandrels, forming an elegant curve above
the S-shaped splats flanked by shaped spandrels, all above shaped
beaded aprons and spandrels carved in the front with stylised scrolls,
the legs joined by stepped stretchers and footrests above shaped
aprons, with hard-mat seats, the backsplats carved with interlocking
bats and chilong.
99cm (39in) high x 66cm (26in) wide x 47cm (18 1/2in) deep. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

清中期 鸂鶒木圈椅成對

The present lot is rare in being made of jichimu, but horseshoe-
back armchairs of this form in huanghuali are represented in many
public and private collections. For a discussion of this design, see
R.H.Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and
Early Ch’ing Dynasty, New York, 1971, pp.86-87, and Wang Shixiang,
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties,
Hong Kong, 1990, pp.43-45.

732 TP
731 A PAIR OF ELMWOOD YOKEBACK ARMCHAIRS
19th century
Each chair with elegantly-curved toprail set into a curved backsplat
and continuous back rails joined to sturdy arm rests supported by
paired posts at each side and one to the front, with caned seats
with beaded aprons butted to circular legs running through round
stretchers. 115cm (45 2/8in) high x 62.5cm (24 5/8in) wide x 57cm
(22 1/2in) deep. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十九世紀 榆木四出頭官帽椅成對

See a related elmwood yokeback armchair, 17th century, illustrated by
C.Evarts, C. L. Ma Collection: Traditional Chinese Furniture from the
Greater Shanxi Region, Hong Kong, 1999, pp.80-81, no.15.

733
A REVERSE-GLASS MIRROR PAINTING DEPICTING THE
‘FAIR NUN UNMASKED’
18th century
The oval mirror finely painted depicting a lady clad in robes lined with
ermine, her head wrapped in a turban, her right hand holding a mask,
gilt-wood frame. 46.5cm (18 1/4in) high.

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY9,100 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 「假面舞會」玻璃鏡畫

732 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.115.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，
編號115

The painting of a lady in ‘masquerade’ costume relates to another
reverse glass painting of ‘The Fair Nun Unmasked’, illustrated by Roger
Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.117. See also
G.Child, World Mirrors 1650-1900, London, 1990, no.834.

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174 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.