A Pair Of Huanghuali Northern Official Hat's Arms Chair

An elegant Northern Official Hat's armchair is well known as a chair of important guests in an ancient China. Carvings of a pair of lion is symbolized of guardian and good fortune. The top rail, armrests, front posts and side posts of the chairs are all curved. It has an arched apron instead of a humpbacked stretcher and pillar-shaped struts. This rather than the preceding example, represents the standard form of a Ming dynasty official's hat armchair with fore protruding ends.