Auction introduction: Important Chinese Furniture and Works of Art is led by two superb private collections of Chinese furniture including a group from Ming/Modern: Classical Chinese Furniture from a Distinguished Family Collection and a group from a distinguished American private collection. Highlights include a magnificent and extremely rare huanghuali ‘official’s hat’ armchair dated to the 17th century and a rare 12-panel huanghuali folding screen, dated to the 17th-18th century. The sale also features an exceptional selection of Ming and Qing ceramics, including a magnificent Qianlong mark-and-period (1736–95) blue and white and iron-red ‘dragon’ dish, a very rare and exceptional Yongzheng mark-and-period (1723–35) famille rose ‘daylily’ cup and a large and rare blue and white ‘chrysanthemum’ dish from the Yongle period (1403–25). Additional highlights include archaic bronze ritual vessels, imperial jade carvings and works from private collections including ceramics and works of art from Centuries of Taste: A Legacy of a Private Collection; early Chinese jades and works of art from the Collection of Dr. Ralph C. Marcove; a selection of Chinese ceramics from the Xiao Meng Lou Collection; a group of fine ceramics from the collection of Mineo Hata; and ceramics from a distinguished Japanese collection acquired from Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., between 1940 and 1990.