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A SMALL ZITAN SHRINE
EARLY QING DYNASTY
清初 紫檀佛龕
constructed in the form of a pavilion, the curved roof fashioned with gently everted edges indented at four points with upturned cusps, the
sides of the shrine carved from one piece of wood to form three lobes, all supported on a lobed wood base resting on four small lobed feet,
the front with a pair of wood hinged doors opening to reveal a cavity for the placement of a deity statue, the interior framed by a curvilinear
shaped apron with cusped spandrels on top and a straight flange at the bottom
27.8 by 18 by 13.8 cm, 10⅞ by 7 by 5⅜ in.
EXHIBITED 展覽:
Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: 伍嘉恩,《燕几衎榻: 攻玉山房藏中國古典家具》,香港中文大學文物
The Dr S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Art 館,香港,2007年,頁184-185
Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007,
pp. 184-185.
HK$ 150,000-250,000
US$ 19,400-32,300
82 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比