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A SILVER-INLAID ZITAN ‘CALLIGRAPHIC’
JOSS-STICK HOLDER AND A HUANGHUALI
BALUSTER VASE
17th/18th century
The zitan joss-stick holder of lobed square section
with canted edges below the waisted neck, one side
inlaid with a silver eight-character inscription above a
seal, the wide flat mouth with beaded edges around
the rim and circular central aperture, the dark, rich
wood with scattered silver speckles; the huanghuali
smaller vase smoothly carved of baluster form.
The zitan holder 11.1cm (4 1/2in) high. (2).

£2,000 - 4,000
CNY18,000 - 36,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十七/十八世紀 紫檀嵌銀香插 及黃花梨小瓶 各一

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005,
no.109 (zitan holder)
Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London,
2006, no.130 (huanghuali vase)

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，
倫敦，2005年，編號109（紫檀香插）
Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2006
年，編號130（黃花梨小瓶）

The silver-inlaid couplet reads: ‘良辰美景賞心樂事’,
which may be translated as ‘in propitious times, with
371 beautiful scenery, the heart takes joy’. This is from
a preface by Xie Lingyun 謝靈運 (385-433 AD) on
government.

372
AN UNUSUAL BAMBOO RUYI SCEPTRE
18th/19th century
The head carved to resemble an auspicious lingzhi,
the bamboo shaft left plain with nodules, with a
honey-brown patina, box.
37.5cm (14 3/4in) long. (2).
£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十八/十九世紀 竹製如意

Compare with a related bamboo ruyi-sceptre, Qing
dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
8 October 2014, lot 3805.

372

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