A fine and pair of Chinese Huanghuali armchairs in original condition, late Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century, each rectangular armchair with an openwork carved dragon-form splat to the back and sides, relief-carved dragons to underside framework, 88 cm high, 57.7 cm wide, 44.7 cm deep. Provenance: Purchased in Melbourne, circa 1999. See Wang Shixiang 'Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Vol 11', 1990, p 41, A66 for a virtually identical chair, dated late Ming dynasty