A Magnificent and Extremely Rare Pair of Huanghuali Horseshoe-back Armchairs with Mother-of-Pearl, Horn, Ivory, Amber and Soapstone Embellishments 17th / 18th Century the five-member crestrail inlaid with six mother-of-pearl qilong, the two larger ones grasping vegetal scrolls towards the rounded terminals, the single-board S-curved splat, flanked by mock-spandrels, featuring two enclosed panels, the upper with inlaid horn and mother-of-pearl qilongs, above a larger panel with groups of vases, censers and precious objects in soapstone, ivory and horn, the soft matted seats with two transverse braces, set above an apron carved with twining scrolls, the four posts continuing to the rounded legs with continuous tapered brackets, box stretcher (2) 35 1/2 by 26 1/4 by 24 3/4 in., 98 by 67 by 63 cm
A Magnificent and Extremely Rare Pair of Huanghuali Horseshoe-back Armchairs with Mother-of-Pearl, Horn, Ivory, Amber and Soapstone Embellishments 17th / 18th Century the five-member crestrail inlaid with six mother-of-pearl qilong, the two larger ones grasping vegetal scrolls towards the rounded terminals, the single-board S-curved splat, flanked by mock-spandrels, featuring two enclosed panels, the upper with inlaid horn and mother-of-pearl qilongs, above a larger panel with groups of vases, censers and precious objects in soapstone, ivory and horn, the soft matted seats with two transverse braces, set above an apron carved with twining scrolls, the four posts continuing to the rounded legs with continuous tapered brackets, box stretcher (2) 35 1/2 by 26 1/4 by 24 3/4 in., 98 by 67 by 63 cm
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