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A PAIR OF ‘HUANGHUALI’ AND HARDWOOD
MING STYLE YOKEBACK ARMCHAIRS
20TH CENTURY

each chair with a shaped crestrail with characteristic wide mid-
section and rounded, upturned ends, the back posts centered
by a S-form splat with shaped anges enclosing a white and
gray marble rectangular plaque over an inscribed panel, the
soft-mat seat above shaped aprons and spandrels with foliate
carving in low relief (2)
Height 46½ in., 118.1 cm; Width 24 in., 61 cm; Depth 19¾ in.,
50.2 cm

Ⴚ$ 15,000-25,000

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湫剙㡐㊤䠔㛐⇣娑㔯搚⣏䎮䞛⚃↢柕⭀ⷥ㢭ᶨ⮵

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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE COLLECTION

A ‘HUANGHUALI’ AND HUAMU
RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the top inset with a gured burlwood panel, the frame with
molded edge tapering to a shaped and beaded apron carved
with scrolling foliate motif, supported on four angular cabriole
legs terminating in ruyi-head pad feet
Height 10½ in., 26.7 cm; Width 34½ in., 80.6 cm; Depth 15¼
in., 38.7 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Charles R. Bennett (1885 -?), President of
International Banking Corporation, Peking (1917-1923), and a
trustee and o cer of China Foundation, Peking (1924-1941).
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holden (1888-1982),
Raleigh, North Carolina, acquired from the above in China
between 1916 and 1940, and thence by descent.

Ⴚ$ 6,000-8,000

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