Lot 1071. A 'hongmu' low back armchair, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Height 34 5/8  in., 87.9 cm; Width 23 in., 58.4 cm; Depth 18 3/4  in., 47.6 cm. Estimate $5 000- $7,000. Sold: $52,500. © Sotheby's

the straight crestrail pipe-jointed to the back posts, the open back framed on three sides by scrolled and beaded brackets, repeated on the straight arms continuing down to form the front posts, the hard mat seat within a molded edge frame and a gallery rail at the back and sides formed of horizontal members and vertical struts, the legs joined on three sides by a beaded and cusped apron continuing to long flanged spandrels, the stepped stretchers with narrow plain aprons on the front and sides.