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540

PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ARCHAISTIC DEHUA TRIPOD INCENSE
BURNER AND WOOD COVER
QING DYNASTY

the deep globular body supported on three columnar legs and
set with a pair of upright handles, decorated with an archaistic
band between two raised fillets, the wood cover surmounted
by a dehua finial in the form of a single-horned recumbent
beast
23.5 cm, 9¼ in.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,400
清 德化白瓷朝天耳鼎式爐 及 獸鈕木蓋

540

541

PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BAMBOO ‘PEACH’ BOX AND COVER, QING
DYNASTY AND
A BAMBOO-ROOT FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL
BEAST, 17TH CENTURY

the box carved in the shape of a peach with gnarled branches
extending around the sides, with wufu (five bats) in flight; the
mythical beast carved with an apocryphal Feng Xilu mark; both
with the patina of a warm brown colour
18.1 and 18 cm, 7⅛ in.

PROVENANCE
box: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7th May 2002, lot 646. 541
figure: Christie’s Hong Kong, 26th April 1999, lot 579.

HK$ 80,000-100,000
US$ 10,300-12,800

清 竹雕福壽雙全蓋盒 及
十七世紀 竹根雕瑞獸
《封錫祿製》仿款
來源： Mythical
蓋盒：香港蘇富比2002年5月7日，編號646 Beast
瑞獸：香港佳士得1999年4月26日，編號579
542
AN INSCRIBED WOOD SEAL CARVING
STATION
SIGNED WANG FUCHANG (1879-1960),
DATED 1938
of H-shaped section, comprised fourteen wood blocks of
various sizes intended to hold the seal while being carved,
each side inscribed with a short inscription and signed Wang
Fuchang with seal and date
10.1 cm, 4 in.
542 HK$ 10,000-15,000
Two Views
兩面 US$ 1,300-1,950
1938年 王福厂款題字木座
154 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比