A RARE AND IMPORTANT LARGE CEREMONIAL HUANGHUALI HORSESHOEBACK ARMCHAIR, JIAOYI 17TH CENTURY The round curving toprail continuing in a wide sweep to the arms, sloping down and extending in a curved hook beyond the corner posts, the projecting ends, with a swirling grain pattern, prominently carved as dragon heads with protruding snouts and bulging eyes, the long, slender serpentine side posts terminating in baluster vase shapes, the backsplat divided into two panels, the upper with a beaded ruyi -cloudhead aperture and beaded flanges below the toprail, the circular corner posts continuing below the frame with soft-mat seat to the back legs, the legs joined by stepped stretchers and beaded aprons at the front and sides, the footrest above a plain apron 44½in. (112.4cm.) high, 27½in. (69.8cm.) wide, 20in. (50.9cm.) deep
A RARE AND IMPORTANT LARGE CEREMONIAL HUANGHUALI HORSESHOEBACK ARMCHAIR, JIAOYI 17TH CENTURY The round curving toprail continuing in a wide sweep to the arms, sloping down and extending in a curved hook beyond the corner posts, the projecting ends, with a swirling grain pattern, prominently carved as dragon heads with protruding snouts and bulging eyes, the long, slender serpentine side posts terminating in baluster vase shapes, the backsplat divided into two panels, the upper with a beaded ruyi -cloudhead aperture and beaded flanges below the toprail, the circular corner posts continuing below the frame with soft-mat seat to the back legs, the legs joined by stepped stretchers and beaded aprons at the front and sides, the footrest above a plain apron 44½in. (112.4cm.) high, 27½in. (69.8cm.) wide, 20in. (50.9cm.) deep
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