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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Deign
• Sale Date:
  29 Jul 2014 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  201
• Lot Description:
  An Unusual Pair of Meditation Chairs, Chanyi, 19th/20th Century
  possibly huanghuali, the back an elegant plain frame, the slender arms supported at right angles on straight front posts, the large square seat above humpback stretchers with pillar-shaped struts, the legs of circular section with squared inner corners joined by the stepped stretcher frame and footrest (2)
  85 cm high, 77 cm wide, 77 cm deep
• References:
  A prototype of this chair dated to the 17th century was sold Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, Christie's, New York, 19 September 1996, lot 93; For a history of the meditation chair, see Wang Shixiang Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 72
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 9,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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