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17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SIDE CHAIRS, KAOBEIYI
17th century
Each with a humped toprail supported on slightly bent backposts continuing to the back legs, the splat divided into four sections, the uppermost panel with a beaded circular opening, the central panel plain to show off its lovely graining, the third with a beaded, lozenge-shaped aperture, and the bottom with an intricately worked beaded spandrel, both sides of the entire splat set with delicately carved flanges, the hard mat seat enclosed by a rectangular frame with 'ice plate' edge above legs joined in front and the sides by arch-shaped beaded aprons and shaped spandrels, a rectangular stretcher with shaped aprons underneath joining the legs above the feet
40½in. (103cm.) high, 21in. (53.5cm.) wide, 16¾in. (42.5cm.) deep (2)
17th century
Each with a humped toprail supported on slightly bent backposts continuing to the back legs, the splat divided into four sections, the uppermost panel with a beaded circular opening, the central panel plain to show off its lovely graining, the third with a beaded, lozenge-shaped aperture, and the bottom with an intricately worked beaded spandrel, both sides of the entire splat set with delicately carved flanges, the hard mat seat enclosed by a rectangular frame with 'ice plate' edge above legs joined in front and the sides by arch-shaped beaded aprons and shaped spandrels, a rectangular stretcher with shaped aprons underneath joining the legs above the feet
40½in. (103cm.) high, 21in. (53.5cm.) wide, 16¾in. (42.5cm.) deep (2)
Literature
Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S Y Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. 9, pp. 40-41.
Exhibited
Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 September-24 November, 1991.
Phoenix Art Museum, 1996-1999.
Phoenix Art Museum, 1996-1999.