A Chinese Mixed Wood Polychrome Lacquered Side Chair

17th Century

明末-清初癭木面牡丹紋靠背椅
the stepped backsplat rising in five tiers to a tightly wound scroll-form, carved with a red lacquered medallion decorate with a large peony blossom, all above a plain seatrest of thick burlwood waisted above an apron carved with undulating ribbons and slightly splaying square sectioned legs joined by posts.

Height 41x width 19 1/2 x depth 17 1/4 in., 104.1 x 49.5 x 43.8 cm.

Property from the Collection of Bruce H. and Eleanor A. Knowles, Williamsburg, Virginia

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.