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1115 PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA FAMILY
142 SOTHEBY’S COLLECTION

A PAIR OF LACQUERED ELM
CONTINUOUS YOKEBACK
ARMCHAIRS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each with an arched crestrail continuing to side
posts, reinforced with shaped brackets, and
centered by an S-curved splat, the serpentine
arms supported on recessed shaped posts,
the soft mat seat on four legs joined by cusped
aprons extending to tapering ange brackets and
stretchers (2)
Height 46¾ in., 118.7 cm; Width 22 in., 55,9 cm;
Depth 17⅛ in., 43.5 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

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1115

A ‘HUANGHUALI’ MIRROR STAND
20TH CENTURY

with characteristic openwork ve-part paneled
frame in ascending heights carved with single and
confronting pairs of chilong, with dragon-head
terminals, centered by a stylized shou character,
beneath a ‘Flaming Pearl’ nial, all set on a
rectangular chest enclosing three drawers, above
a conforming stand carved with entwining foliate
sprays and cusped aprons, supported on four
short cabriole cloud-form feet
Height 31½ in., 80 cm; Width 21 in., 53.3 cm;
Depth 11½ in., 29.2 cm

Ⴚ$ 6,000-8,000

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