Lot 327. A rare huanghuali low-back arm chair, Meiguiyi, 17th-18th century. Estimate £120,000 - 150,000 (€140,000 - 180,000). Photo: Bonhams.

Provenance: a French private collection

Note: Low back arm chairs had their antecedent in the Song dynasty with chairs made from one piece of bamboo where the back and side panels shared the same height. See R.Jacobsen, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, nos.15-18, p.66. See also S.Handler, 'Roses, bamboo and the Lowback Armchair', Orientations, Vol.29, no.7, 1998, p.12.

A related pair of huanghuali meiguiyi chairs, 17th/18th century, was sold in our New York rooms, 12 September 2016, lot 6008. Other examples of related huanghuali chairs, were 17th/18th century, sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3249 and 7 October, 2015, lot 128.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 11 May 2017, 11:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET