17TH CENTURY

Compare a very similar huanghuali lamphanger chair of nearly exact proportions, in the Mrs. Chen Mengjia Collection, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Classical Chinese Furniture - Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 76, no. 37. See, also, a similar pair of huanghuali lamphanger chairs with rounded and slightly more slender members, sold in these rooms, Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996, lot 74. See, also, a pair of similar huanghuali lamphanger chairs, but with C-curved back splats, sold in these rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 85.