21. A Chinese Yellow Ground Famille Rose Enameled Porcelain Bottle Vase, Qianlong mark but 20th c., tapering globular body and cylindrical neck enameled with five fiveclawed scaly dragons in flight amid various floral sprays above a turbulent sea, reserved on a yellow ground decorated with a profusion of yellow chrysanthemum heads, base with apocryphal Qianlong mark, height 16 3/4 in. $800/1200 Provenance: Ex-Collection Murlyon Daniel LaGrone, Jr., Shreveport, LA.
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22. A Pair of American Late Classical Carved Rosewood Armchairs, c. 1830, bowed crest above padded back, scrolled arms with shaped uprights, canted cabriole legs.
23. An American Classical Carved Mahogany Daybed, early 19th c., slightly scrolled reeded crest rails, paneled head and footboard flanked by spiral turned columnar stiles, melon feet with brass ball terminals, molded rails, height 36 1/4 in., length 74 1/2 in., depth 30 3/8 in. $1500/2500 Provenance: Estate of Harry T. Howard III, New Orleans.
$1000/2000
Note: The symmetry of the head and foot, the scroll crests, the finely figured panel flanked by supports, and the brass ball feet on this bed relate closely to two other daybeds from southern Louisiana, one descended in the Gurley family of East Feliciana Parish, the other from an estate in Avoyelles Parish. 22
Reference: Holden, et. al. Furnishing Louisiana, Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735-1835, pp. 388-389, fig. 17-18.
24. A Pair of American Gothic Carved Mahogany Side Chairs, early 19th c., attributed to Crawford Riddell, Philadelphia, Gothic arch back, paneled seat rail, ring-turned tapered legs. $1500/2500 Note: Active in Philadelphia 1835-1846, Riddell produced furniture found in grand houses throughout the United States, including Andalusia (Pennsylvania) and Rosedown (Louisiana).
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