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A RARE SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI ARMCHAIRS, MEIGUIYI Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent.
18th/19th century The collection was formed by the grandfather of the former owner
Each with a rectangular top rail mortised and tenoned to the stiles, who was the Assistant Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police,
set with a beaded-edge apron shaped with curving scrolls enclosing 1919-1928. His father was a Protestant missionary in China. The family
two confronted chilong heads contending the yin and yang symbol, returned to England shortly after the Second World War.
all tongue-and-grooved into the top rail, the stiles continuing through
the seat frame and extending as the back legs, the arms mortise 來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今。本拍品前任藏家之祖父曾
and tenon to the stiles and posts, continuing through the seat 於1919至1928年任上海公共租界工部局警務處副官，其父為一名新教
and extending as the front legs, the hard cane seat bordered by a 傳教士；第二次世界大戰爆發後，舉家回到英格蘭。
horizontal stretcher set with vertical pillar-shaped struts below, the front
beaded-edged apron carved in low relief with meandering tendrils, the Notable for their refined elegance, slender lines and light construction,
side aprons and the back apron left plain, the front legs joined by a the present chairs are exceptional examples of their type.
shaped footrest atop a plain shaped apron on the front and aprons on
the sides, the legs joined by rounded square stretchers. Chairs displaying a low rectangular back, only slightly higher than
82cm (32 2/8in) high 59.5cm (23 2/8in) wide x 45cm (17 6/8in) deep (4). the arms, which were placed at right angles to the front posts, were
referred to as ‘rose chairs, meiguiyi, or writing chairs, wenyi. The
£30,000 - 50,000 straight back and arms gave a sense of austerity to the scholars sitting
CNY260,000 - 440,000 in them and would fit neatly under the window of a scholar’s studio,
without obstructing the view outside.

十八/十九世紀 黃花梨券口靠背玫瑰椅 四張成堂

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