A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS

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$ 200 000
Auction dateClassic
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 1015 | A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS
A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS

17TH CENTURY

Each chair has sweeping crestrails that terminate in out-swept hooks supported by the plain curved splat above the mat seat and beaded apron carved with conjoined leafy scroll and shaped spandrels. The legs of rounded square section are joined by stepped stretchers and a foot rest above a plain apron.

37 3⁄4 in. (95.9 cm.) high, 25 1⁄2 in. (64.7 cm.) wide, 20 1⁄2 in. (52.1 cm.) deep







Provenance

Ho Cheung Antique Furniture, Hong Kong, 1994.





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