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FURNITURE

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

2376W 2379W
AN EIGHT-PANEL SCREEN WITH JADE AND A FOUR-PANEL HARDWOOD SCREEN WITH INLAID BLUE AND
HARDSTONE OVERLAY WHITE PORCELAIN PLAQUES
Late Qing/Republic period The wood figured in dense honey whorl, the tall rectangular panels
The six interior panels with a black lacquer ground overlaid in jade enclosing intricate lattices of framing members joined in elaborate
and other colored hardstones to form vases of flowers, archaistic geometric and mythical beast patterns to suspend a total of sixteen
containers and decorative plaques either floating or arranged plaques of circular, quadrilobate, and fan shapes displaying various
symmetrically on carved wood stands while carved stone bats appear figural tableaux and flower and bird vignettes.
amid the gilt-painted clouds on the two outer panels, the hardwood 72in (183cm) high
floating panels throughout carved in relief with dragons and vine scrolls $2,000 - 3,000
and the lacquer ground panels on the reverse painted in gilt and color
with shou medallions, peaches and rampant dragons. 2380W
80 x 114in (203 x 290cm) A SMALL HUANGHUALI AND MIXED WOOD CABINET
$5,000 - 7,000 Republic period
The mortise and tenon top supported by vertical framing members
2377 enclosing two doors opening to reveal a shelf and two drawers, all
TWO HARDWOOD DISPLAY STANDS surmounting simple curving aprons; formed in wood figured in honey-
Late Qing/Republic period colored whorl to the grain.
Carefully carved with beaded edges and slightly concave surfaces to 34 1/4in (87cm) high
the frames around the floating panel tops, the slender uprights and $1,500 - 2,000
humpback stretchers near the horse-hoof feet, the pieced aprons of
strap work and quatrefoils also finished with concave surfaces and Provenance
raised spirals (age cracks, old repairs). by repute, acquired in the 1950s
19 1/4 x 4 7/8in (49 x 12.4cm) square and
18 3/8 x 4in (46.5 x 10cm) square PROPERTY FROM THE EMMANUEL GRAN FAMILY COLLECTION
$1,500 - 2,500
2381W
2378W A HARDWOOD MULTI-TIERED DISPLAY STAND
A CARVED WOOD AND SPINACH JADE FOUR-PANEL Late Qing/Republic period
FLOOR SCREEN Originally the top to a single or multiple section storage cabinet, the
20th century mortises cut to the corners of the base for attachment to the cabinet
Each screen panel inset with five thinly sectioned jade plaques carved (repairs, staining, age cracks)
on one side, the largest a vertical plaque at the center displaying 15 1/4 x 38 7/8 x 11 5/8in (38.7 x 96 x 29.5cm)
figures in a landscape while the narrower horizontal plaques above $800 - 1,200
and below feature a variety of flower and bird compositions, the
translucent plaques of mottled light and dark leaf-green hue marked
with h small patches of opaque white and natural fissure lines; the
lacquered wood framing members carved in relief with leaf scroll
panels, the leaf scrolls repeated in the reticulated wood crown and
apron to each panel.
84in x 70in (213 x 178cm)
$20,000 - 30,000

Provenance
Bonhams, San Francisco, 20 Dec 2011 Sale 19433 lot 8131

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