A pair of Hongmu spindle-back armchairs, Meiguiyi, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, each with a humpback top rail supported on rounded posts extending down to the back legs and framing the slightly curved vertical spindles, a further set of spindles supporting the stepped rectangular arms, the rectangular mat seat set within a mitred frame above a plain apron with spandrels, supported on legs of circular section with squared inner corners joined by stepped stretchers and a footrest above a plain apron, (2), each 92.5 cm high, 54.5 cm wide, 44.5 cm deep. Provenance: Martin Fung Antiques and furniture, Hong Kong, 12 August 1991. Private collection, Sydney