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1148

A NATURAL BAMBOO VESSEL AND A
BAMBOO BRUSH
19TH CENTURY

The vessel is formed from a natural piece of
bamboo, folded back on itself in an elegant
design. The shaft of the brush is carved in
relief in the liuqing (retaining the green)
technique, with two fgures amidst rocks
and trees.

Vessel: 5¬ in. (14.3 cm.) wide; brush: 6√ in.

(17.5 cm.) long, synthetic bristle  (2)

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Brush: L’Asie Exotique, New York.

LITERATURE

Brush: S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the
Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese
Stones, Paintings, and Related Scholars’ Objects,
Chicago, 1999, no. 25.

清十九世紀 竹節式器及竹刻留青人物管毛筆

                                                   1149

                                                   A PAIR OF BLACKWOOD TABLE-FORM
                                                   DISPLAY STANDS
                                                   20TH CENTURY

                                                   Each has a single-panel top that is set within
                                                   a rectangular frame top above a narrow waist
                                                   and shaped, beaded aprons, the whole raised
                                                   on inward-curving legs joined by humpback
                                                   base stretchers.

                                                   3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide,

                                                   6æ in. (17.1 cm.) deep  (2)

                                                   $2,000-3,000

                                                   黑木炕桌式座一對

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