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A huanghuali horseshoe-back folding armchair, jiaoyi, 19th…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
21-Nov-2019
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Description:
A huanghuali horseshoe-back folding armchair, jiaoyi, 19th century 107 cm high, 73 cm wide, 64 cm deep. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. The folding armchair was popular during the Ming and early Qing dynasty. It was practical for travelling and was used by emperors and commoners for both formal and informal occasions, sometimes even on the battlefields. In any gathering, the folding armchair was a status symbol used by the most important person, while others sat on side chairs or stools, hence the origin of the popular Chinese phrase, comfortably seated in the first jiaoyi, used to imply the highest-ranked person of an assembly.
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Category:
Oriental: Furniture