17TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI LOWBACK ARMCHAIRS, MEIGUIYI
17TH CENTURY
With hard mat seat set within the rectangular frame beneath the elegantly curved crest and arm rails framing rows of slender vertical struts, the openwork aprons carved with conjoined rings set within octagonal reserves, all raised on legs of rounded section joined by pairs of stretchers
33½ in. (85.1 cm.) high, 21 5/8 in. (54.9 cm.) wide, 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Also known as a 'rose' chair, this type of chair was popular in the Ming dynasty for its light construction and elegant appearance. For a brief discussion of the lowback armchair and its Song dynasty predecessors, see Wang Shixiang, 'Development of Furniture Design and Construction from the Song to the Ming,' Chinese Furniture: Selected Articles from Orientations, 1984-1999, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 44. Compare the related single chair in the Lan Xanmai Collection, illustrated by C. Evarts et al., Splendour of Style: Classical Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 93. See, also, the similar pair of huanghuali meiguiyi sold in these rooms, 16 October 2001, lot 271.

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