A carved wood folding Yoke-Back side chair Jiaoyi, Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century the central curved splat is carved with three cartouches, the top with precious objects amid wisps of vapour, the central cartouche with a Daoist scene of a deer looking up at a monkey clambering up a gnarled pine tree below a crane holding a peach spray in its beak, the lower cartouche with a Buddhist lion and a phoenix, all surmounted by a yoke-back top, framed by two curved supports reaching down to the X-frame raised atop the rectangular feet with the front apron reinforced with metal mounts, the fabric seat later, 99 x 36.5 x 45 cm. Provenance: an important private collection, NSW, Australia.