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1145 Compare the present example with a similarly
carved boxwood scepter in the Collection of
A CARVED BOXWOOD RUYI SCEPTER the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The
18TH CENTURY Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Small Refned Articles of the Study,
The delicately curving shaft is carved with Shanghai, 2009, pp. 330-31, no. 327.
a ruyi motif at one end and at the other end
with a large ruyi head. 清十八世紀 黃楊木雕如意
12¡ in. (31.4 cm.) long
$6,000-8,000
1146
A HUALI TABLE-FORM DISPLAY STAND
19TH CENTURY
The single-panel top is set within a rectangular
frame above a narrow waist and aprons and
stretchers ftted with vertical struts. The whole is
raised on short legs joined by straight stretchers.
3¿ in. (7.9 cm.) high, 12¿ in. (30.8 cm.) wide,
6º in. (15.9 cm.) deep
$4,000-6,000
清十九世紀 花梨木長方几座
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