Lot 13. A huanghuali continuous yokeback armchair (nanguanmaoyi), 17th century. Estimate US$ 70,000 — 90,000. Photo Sotheby's.

the arched crestrail flattened in the center and curving down to join the backward sloping rear posts continuing through the frame to form the back legs, the well-figured wide rectangular S-shaped splat tenoned to the underside of the yoke and into the back rail of the seat frame, the serpentine arms pipe-jointed to shaped front uprights continuing through the frame forming the front legs and reinforced by shaped tapering braces mid-section, the rectangular seat frame enclosing a hard mat seat, the outside edge molded and tapering inwards to a beaded edge, above crescent-outline beaded aprons, the slightly splayed legs joined by stretchers of ascending height. Height 44 1/2  in., 113 cm; Width 24 1/4  in., 61.6 cm; Depth 18 3/4  in., 47.6 cm

Sotheby's. The Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Classical Furniture, New York, 15 mars 2016, 10:00 AM