A PAIR OF 'HUANGHUALI' HORSESHOE BACK ARMCHAIRS (QUANYI) QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each with curving five-segment toprail sloping down to the arms supported on serpentine side posts and terminating in an outscrolled handgrip above shaped brackets, the S-form backsplat carved with a central ruyi-shaped panel enclosing a curling chilong, the back corner posts continuing through the rectangular frame, with soft-mat seat supported underneath by a single bowed transverse stretcher, over a cusped and beaded front apron with intertwining foliate motif, the sides with plain shaped spandereled aprons with beaded outer edge, the four legs joined by ascending stretchers (2)

Honeychurch Antiques, Hong Kong, 1990s.

Both chairs have minor filled repairs and consolidated joinery and with some likely replacement of aprons, spandrels and brackets. The surface appears to have been cleaned. There is general wear and minor repairs consistent with age and use. Please note that this lot will require a CITES permit for export outside of the United States.
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