19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS
19TH CENTURY
Each chair has sweeping crestrails that terminate in outswept hooks and are supported by the S-shaped splat carved at the center with a ruyi-head medallion above the mat seat and carved, beaded apron and shaped spandrels. The whole is raised on legs of round section joined by stepped stretchers and a foot rest at the front.
39 1⁄4 in. (99.7 cm.) high, 25 1⁄2 in. (64.8 cm.) wide, 22 1⁄2 in. (57.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

Walter P. Rundle Collection, New York.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1-2 May 1958, lot 362.
Robert and William Drummond, New York.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

Literature

W. M. Drummond, “Chinese Furniture: The Sackler Collections: Early Scholarship, 1969,” Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Summer 1993, pp. 58-9, pl. 2.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

The present pair of huanghuali armchairs belongs to a set of six horseshoe-back armchairs, formerly of the Walter P. Rundle Collection, New York, and sold at Parke-Bernet in 1958, comprising lots 361-363. A pair of from this set of six (lot 361) was recently sold at Christie's New York, 25 September 2020, lot 1660.

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