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A PAIR OF FINELY CARVED HUANGHUALI HORSESHOEBACK ARMCHAIRS, QUANYI
17TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF FINELY CARVED HUANGHUALI HORSESHOEBACK ARMCHAIRS, QUANYI 17TH CENTURY The curved crestrail of each extending beyond the vertical S-shaped struts and the front posts and terminating in outswept ends above shaped spandrels, the eleganty curved splat finely carved in low relief with chilong confronted within ruyi -shaped reserves, flanked on either side by further shaped spandrels, above the hard mat seat set within the rectangular frame with beaded edge and shaped, beaded aprons and spandrels, carved in front with an interlocked leafy scroll, supported on legs of rounded section joined by stepped stretchers and the footrest above plain, shaped aprons 37½ in. (95.3 cm.) high, 23 3/8 in. (59.3 cm.) wide, 17 5/8 in. (44.7 cm.) deep (2)