ID 718797
Lot 1192 | A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
19TH CENTURY
Each chair has sweeping crestrails that terminate in outswept hooks and are supported by the S-shaped splat carved at the center with a ruyi-head medallion above the mat seat and carved, beaded apron and shaped spandrels. The whole is raised on legs of round section joined by stepped stretchers and a foot rest at the front.
39 1⁄4 in. (99.7 cm.) high, 25 1⁄2 in. (64.8 cm.) wide, 22 1⁄2 in. (57.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
Walter P. Rundle Collection, New York.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1-2 May 1958, lot 362.
Robert and William Drummond, New York.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Literature
W. M. Drummond, “Chinese Furniture: The Sackler Collections: Early Scholarship, 1969,” Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Summer 1993, pp. 58-9, pl. 2.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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