17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI LAMPHANGER SIDE CHAIRS, DENGGUAYI
17TH CENTURY
Each has a stepped crest rail extending beyond the corner posts, above the gracefully curved splat and hard mat seat set within the rectangular frame below shaped, beaded aprons and spandrels in the front, and plain aprons and spandrels on the sides and back. The whole is supported on legs of rounded section joined by stepped stretchers and the footrest.
43½ in. (110.5 cm.) high, 20½ in. (52 cm.) wide, 16¾ in. (42.6 cm.) deep

Provenance

Vernay & Jussel, New York, late 1970s.
Nicholas Grindley.
Private collection, Paris, 1985-2009.

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Please note the title for this lot should read: Two huanghuali lamphanger side chairs.
Please note the height of the chairs are 43 ¼ in. and 43 ½ in.

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Lot Essay

Compare a very similar huanghuali lamphanger side chair illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 38, no. A56. See, also, a similar pair of huanghuali lamphanger side chairs, also dated to the 17th century, sold at Christie's New York, 26 March 2003, lot 138.

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