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51 A BOXWOOD AND NANMU TWO-
TIER STAND
㶭 㤈 QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
⋩ 㛐 the taller tier positioned adjacent to the longer lower tier,
ℓ 搚 designed at an angle for a trompe l’oeil e! ect of greater depth,
ᶾ 湫 each tier with a nanmu top panel with an attractive grain, the
䲨ġġġ 㣲 narrow sides of the stand each with an integral panel carved in
㛐 openwork with birds amidst fruiting and blossoming branches or
晽 a beribboned qin, and terminating in a square scroll set above a
剙 low foot and connecting to a shaped stretcher, the broad sides of
沍 the stand each set with boxwood spandrels carved in openwork
䲳 with composite ß oral scrolls and gnarled pine trees
ℑ
Ⰼ Height 7⅛ in., 19.2 cm; Width 16⅜ in., 41.5 cm; Depth 4¾ in.,
㝞
12.2 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 12th April 1984. œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹĵ⸜ĵ㚰IJij㖍
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
Irving, no. 921. 㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĺijIJ
$ 6,000-8,000

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