17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI YOKEBACK SIDECHAIRS, DENGGUAYI
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The curving toprail of each with backward-projecting ends, supported on slightly curving stiles continuing to the back legs, the bowed backsplat carved with a beaded cartouche enclosing a pair of confronted dragons, the rectangular frame enclosing the soft-mat seat, above legs joined in front with a beaded apron delicately carved with scrolling tendrils, the footrest supported by a plain, narrow apron, the back and sides with stepped stretchers
39½ in. (101 cm.) high, 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide, 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Compare the pair of yokeback side chairs formerly in the museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 19 September 1996, lot 74, and illustrated by Sarah Handler, 'A Yokeback Chair for Sitting Tall', JCCFS, Spring, 1993, p.12, fig.3

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