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Property from the Yuansitang Collection
A Pair of Black Lacquered Yumu Yokeback Armchairs, Guanmaoyi
SHANXI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A Pair of Black Lacquered Yumu Yokeback Armchairs, Guanmaoyi
Shanxi, 18th/19th century
The gently curved toprail of each elmwood "official's hat" armchair with swept-back projecting ends supported on the S-curved rectangular splat carved with a ruyi medallion flanked by the upper extensions of the rear legs forming the corner posts, the S-curve arms supported on complex lattice-like side posts and raised on goose-neck supports at the front, the rectangular seat frames with "ice-plate" edges enclosing a seat panel on top joined by aprons forming kunmen-shaped openings above stepped base stretchers and a footrest
46 1/8in. (117cm.) high, 22 5/8in. (57.5cm.) wide, 18¾in. (47.5cm.) deep (2)
Shanxi, 18th/19th century
The gently curved toprail of each elmwood "official's hat" armchair with swept-back projecting ends supported on the S-curved rectangular splat carved with a ruyi medallion flanked by the upper extensions of the rear legs forming the corner posts, the S-curve arms supported on complex lattice-like side posts and raised on goose-neck supports at the front, the rectangular seat frames with "ice-plate" edges enclosing a seat panel on top joined by aprons forming kunmen-shaped openings above stepped base stretchers and a footrest
46 1/8in. (117cm.) high, 22 5/8in. (57.5cm.) wide, 18¾in. (47.5cm.) deep (2)
Literature
Classical and Vernacular Chinese Furniture in the Living Environment, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 118-9, no. 11.