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AN UNUSUAL AND RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI LOW-BACK There are two types of rose chairs or meiguiyi. The most commonly seen type
ARMCHAIRS has an open back and arms framed by carved corner spandrels. The second,
17TH-18TH CENTURY rarer type has a crestrail supported by a back splat. Rose chairs with back
splats tend to be elaborate in their decoration, and with its distinctive, vase-
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 22q in. (57.2) wide, 18º in. (46.4 cm.) deep form splat and openwork trellis pattern below the seat, the present pair are
no exception. An identical pair measuring 96.5 cm. high is illustrated in N.
$200,000-300,000 Grindley, The Yunwai Lou Collection of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 2013, no. 33.
A pair of huanghuali low-back side chairs, fitted with the same beaded, vase-
PROVENANCE: form splat but with solid aprons and spandrels below the seat was sold at
Private collection, California. Christie’s New York, 13 September 2019, lot 871. Such a distinctive design of
the splat suggests these chairs could have been part of a special commission
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