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PROPERTY FROM THE MARY ANN FULLILOVE ESTATE 6406

6404 A LACQUERED SOFT WOOD MIRROR STAND AND CASE
TWO CARVED WOOD CENSER STANDS Late Qing dynasty
Republic period The low rectangular case fitted with three drawers to the front
The first a circular stand supported by shaped legs with conforming beneath a recess that holds the collapsible mirror stand frame and
circular stretchers and inward-turned scrolled feet, the marble top back support, the mirror stand frame fronted with a raised mirror
set within a lobed frame above aprons carved with lotus petals and support shaped as ruyi scepter and inset with reticulated panels of
scrolls; the second of square-form with sectioned and reticulated a crane and deer separating prunus branch and lotus panels on the
supports, the top panel sitting above an openwork waist atop aprons right from peony and chrysanthemum panels on the left (wear and
latticed with lotus flowers (repaired, chips). chips from use, repairs).
19 3/4 and 29 3/4in (50.2 and 75.6cm) high 6 3/4 x 15 7/8 x 14 1/4in (17 x 40.2 x 36.2cm)
overall dimensions of case with mirror stand collapsed

US$1,000 - 1,500 US$1,500 - 2,500

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 6407
TWO CARVED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS
6405 Late Qing dynasty
A PAIR OF ELMWOOD SIDE CHAIRS Each depicting a bearded sage wearing a royal or official’s crown
Late Qing/Republic period and layered garments reminiscent of Chinese opera costumes, his
Each carved with a figural roundel on the curving back splat below elevated status emphasized by a boy attendant raising an umbrella
the humpback crest rail and a reticulated panel of tied ribbons set to his side as both float on cloud banks, the weathered surfaces
into the front apron below the seat with a woven rattan mat above a showing traces of pigment (losses, repairs); modern plexiglass
supplementary layer of rope (refinished). stands.
38in (96.5cm) high 27 and 26 3/4in high (68.5 and 68cm) height of wood figures
28 3/4 and 28 1/8in (73 and 71.5cm) height including wood stands
US$600 - 800
US$800 - 1,000

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