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• Auction House:
  Aalders Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Asian Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  25 Mar 2012 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  200
• Lot Description:
  Rare Chinese Yellow Hardwood Horseshoe Back Folding Chair "jiaoyi"
  with brass fittings finely incised with lotus floral scrolls, built in foot rest protected by brass plate cut out in design of two pairs of rhinoceros horns flanking a coin (symbols of happiness and wealth), the plain back splat with attractive wood grains resembling huanghali. The diamond shaped woven seat later replacement. 98cm x 70cm x 69cm
• Provenance:
  Private Collection Sydney.
• References:
  The Elegant Vagabond: The Chinese Folding Armchair by Sarah Handler, Orientations Magazine, January 1992, p 90-97, where she described "The folding armchair was most popular during the Ming period and early Qing dynasties.
• Notes:
  Similar Chair found in Museum of Classical Chinese Furinture, The Nelson Atkins-Museum, Kansas, and Collection of Mrs Chen Mengjia Beijing. Notes: Light and easy to move, it was practical for travelling and was used by emperors and commoners for both formal and informal occasions"
• Estimate:
  A$80,000 - 120,000
• Realised Price:
  Undisclosed
• Category:
  Oriental

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