A RARE PAIR OF NANMU-INSET JICHIMU ARMCHAIRS

Lot 836
19.03.2021 13:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 25 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 495053
Lot 836 | A RARE PAIR OF NANMU-INSET JICHIMU ARMCHAIRS
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
A RARE PAIR OF NANMU-INSET JICHIMU ARMCHAIRS

18TH CENTURY

Each has a tall curved nanmu back splat inscribed with a poetic inscription followed by a signature, Qichang, and a seal Xuanzai and Taishishi respectively, that extends above the openwork back and side rails carved as archaistic scrollwork. The wide rectangular hard mat seat is above a narrow waist and plain apron, supported on square-section legs joined by a base stretcher of conforming shape.

32 ½ in. (82.3 cm.) high, 23 7/8 in. (60.7 cm.) wide, 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) deep

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