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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION
A PAIR OF SHIWAN FIGURES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
each of the performers depicted holding a beribboned gong-
like instrument in their hand, carved with a tubular holder on
their back
21.2 and 21.8 cm, 8⅜ and 8⅝ in.
HK$ 10,000-15,000
US$ 1,300-1,950
清十九世紀 石灣戲曲人物立像一對
625
626
PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION
AN OPIUM-SMOKING SET
QING DYNASTY
comprising a hongmu opium trade chest, two opium pipes,
three opium lamps and two metal opium scrapers
chest: 45 by 31.2 by 30.5 cm, 17¾ by 12¼ by 12 in.
HK$ 20,000-40,000
US$ 2,550-5,100
清 煙箱套件
626
627
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOHN
GREGORY (1935-1996)
TWO BAMBOO ‘SCHOLAR’ BRUSHPOTS
QING DYNASTY
each carved and pierced with scholars among gnarled trees
and jagged rock, the taller one incised with an apocryphal
Qianlong mark and another mark to the base
14.5 and 17.1 cm, 5¾ and 6¾ in.
HK$ 10,000-15,000
US$ 1,300-1,950
清 竹雕高仕圖筆筒二件
627
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