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Lot 8189

A pair of Huanghuali horseshoe back chairs
19th century

Chinese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art and Paintings

28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT

San Francisco

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A pair of Huanghuali horseshoe back chairs

19th century
Each five-part horseshoe top rail supported by a curved back splat elegantly carved with a centered ruyi-head medallion set into a matted hard seat over tubular splayed supports butted to beaded aprons embellished with a central xiangcai motif half-lapped to embellished spandrels above stepped stretchers.
34 1/2 and 34in (86.4 and 87cm)

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