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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WASHINGTON COLLECTOR PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

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A CINNABAR LACQUER CYLINDRCIAL BOX A GROUP OF FOUR GLASS VESSELS
19th century Late Qing/Republic period
The upright walls of the box and cover encircled with a diamond The first a mottled apple green vase of full baluster shape with
diaper pattern and the flat top of the cover displaying two sages with a flared foot ending in a slightly recessed base; the second a
a young attendant standing beneath a pine tree in a rural retreat, the translucent cobalt blue vase with gilt flashing of slender baluster
interior surfaces and the flat base finished in black lacquer over of a form ending in a flat base; the third a baluster vase of translucent
cloth layer exposed where there are tiny chips (chips, age cracks). yellow-green with minute gilt flashing, the walls carved with birds and
5 1/8in (13cm) diameter insects alighting on lotus plants against a wavy ground, the slightly
recessed base centered with a raised square reserve bearing a four-
US$2,000 - 3,000 character Qianlong mark; the last an opaque mustard yellow globular
bowl with carved animal head handles and raised on three stubby
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS legs (all with wear).
10 1/2in (26.5cm) height of tallest vase
6393 9 1/4in (23.65cm) width across handles of bowl
A CINNABAR AND BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER
Late Qing/Republic period US$1,500 - 2,500
Of compressed globular shape, the cover top displaying a sage on a
skiff facing a wood cutter sitting on the shore beneath overhanging 6397
trees and a band of pomegranate fruit on the curving walls that A CARVED BAMBOO BRUSH POT
repeats on the box base finished with a raised metal collar, the Qing dynasty
recessed base of the box and the interior surfaces covered with Of ovoid section with thick walls, depicting two boys seated on oxen
layers of black lacquer and clay over the metal core (chips, losses to standing at rest near two seated scholars discussing an open book
lacquer). in a rural setting of deeply undercut pine tree trunks and faceted
6 1/4in (16cm) diameter rock faces that fill over half of the exterior surface (deep age cracks,
soiling from actual use).
US$800 - 1,200 6 1/2in (16.7cm) high

6394 US$1,200 - 1,800
A POLYCHROME LACQUER SQUARE BOX AND COVER
Wanli mark, Late Qing/Republic period 6398
Of cushion form with indented corners, the pale brown lacquer A CARVED BAMBOO RAFT
ground of the top and sides incised and then painted in various The node of the bamboo intricately reticulated to depict a massive
colors with stylized flower and leaf scrolls, the corners also incised floating vessel shaded by a dense mesh of blooming peach branches
with diaper patterns and highlighted in orange, the interior surfaces surmounting the numerous diminutive figures lining the gunwales
and the recessed base within the foot covered in black lacquer and (losses).
the base also bearing the six-character mark written in gold standard 14 1/2in (37cm) long
script (chips, cracks, repairs).
4 1/8 x 9 1/2in (10.4 x 24cm) square US$800 - 1,200

US$1,500 - 2,000 6399
A HARDWOOD ABACUS
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CARMEL COLLECTION The rectangular frame constructed with eleven bamboo and two
brass rods holding the beads and thin metal braces reinforcing the
6395 joints (wear).
A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER VASES 14in (35.5cm)
Late Qing dynasty
Each of simple baluster form finished with quatrelobed flowering US$800 - 1,200
branch panels on the waisted neck and oblate fan reserves of
scholars and attendants traveling through mountain landscapes on
the curving walls surrounded by a classic lotus flower and leaf scroll
pattern, the interior of the neck and the foot ring area finished in
black lacquer (flaking, cracks, minor chips).
17 1/2in (44.5cm) high

US$2,200 - 3,000

Provenance
ex-collection David Belasco (1853-1931), sold by Parke-Bernet
Galleries, New York, by repute

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