17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI LOWBACK ARMCHAIRS, MEIGUIYI
17TH CENTURY
Each with a round toprail supported by cornerposts extending from the back legs, the arms extending horizontally from the back posts and supported by two rounded front posts, a gallery rail with narrow struts running around the soft mat seat on three sides, the legs of round section separated by stepped stretchers above plain aprons on the front and sides
33¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high, 22¾ in. (57.5 cm.) wide, 17¼ in. (43.8 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

See the pair of seventeenth century huanghuali chairs of similar design, but with elaborately carved side and back panel frames, illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth, et. al., Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, vol. I, New York, 1996, p. 84, no. 22.

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