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A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID
LACQUER LOW TABLE, KANG
Mid/Late Ming Dynasty
The rectangular table with a flat top and a recessed
galleried section with a lobed apron below,
supported on four short curling legs ending in curled
feet with painted spheres and circular pad feet, inlaid
all over with mother-of-pearl designs, the top with a
garden scene depicting a group of sages admiring
a scroll painting besides a pavilion surrounded by
pine trees, bamboo and jagged rocks, all below a
constricted and reticulated waist set above a sloping
apron inlaid with six shaped cartouches depicting
scholars admiring gardens.
94cm (37in) wide x 45cm (17 5/8in) deep x 24.5cm
(9 1/2in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明中後期 漆面嵌螺鈿庭園高士圖炕桌

Compare with a related lacquer kang table, Ming
dynasty, illustrated by S.Kwan, Chinese Mother-
of-Pearl: The Muwen Tang Collection Series, Hong
Kong, 2009, p.155, no.50.

See a very similar mother-of-pearl-inlaid brown
lacquer low table, 17th century, which was sold at
Sotheby’s New York, 12 September 2018, lot 263.

123
A LARGE BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU
Song/Ming Dynasty
The broad pear-shaped body flanked by stylised
dragon head and stout ring handles, the body cast
with three registers of undulating cusped tri-linear
designs enclosing taotie and archaistic motifs on
leiwen grounds.
48.5cm (19.1/8in) high.

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY54,000 - 72,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

宋/明 銅波曲紋雙耳大壺

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2010,
no.18.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2010年，編號18

See a related archaistic vase, dated by inscription to 123
1173, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London,
illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes,
1990, London, pp.58-59, pls.46 and 47. See also
another example, Song/Jin dynasty, illustrated by
Maucuer, Henri Cernuschi 1821-1896: Voyageur et
Collectionneur, Paris, 1998, pp.72-73, no.36.

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