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PROPERTY OF A LOS ANGELES PRIVATE beaded front apron with intertwining foliate motif,
COLLECTOR the sides with plain shaped spandereled aprons
with beaded outer edge, the four legs joined by
A PAIR OF ‘HUANGHUALI’ ascending stretchers (2)
HORSESHOE BACK ARMCHAIRS Height 42 in., 106.7 cm; Width 24½ in., 62.2 cm;
(QUANYI) Depth 19 in., 48.3 cm
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
PROVENANCE
each with curving ve-segment toprail sloping
down to the arms supported on serpentine Honeychurch Antiques, Hong Kong, 1990s.
side posts and terminating in an outscrolled
handgrip above shaped brackets, the S-form Ⴚ$ 30,000-50,000
backsplat carved with a central ruyi-shaped panel
enclosing a curling chilong, the back corner posts Honeychurch Antiques 1990
continuing through the rectangular frame, with
soft-mat seat supported underneath by a single
bowed transverse stretcher, over a cusped and

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