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Property of a Private California Collection

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A large ink stone
Late Qing/Republic Period
The thick, rectangular duan stone finely carved in low relief with a large
hu-form vase bearing elegant ruyi-shaped handles separated by a key fret
band and rendered on a leiwen ground, set into a rectangular hongmu
vase and cover, the cover inscribed haishang sheng ming yue ‘born above
the sea under a bright moon’, signed Guofan.
2 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 5 7/8in (5.3 x 22.3 x 15cm)
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance:
Private California collection

Property of a Private American Collection

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A zitan mounted ‘cong’-form censer
Late Qing/Republic Period
The rectangular vessel carved in the form of an archaic Chinese jade cong,
with four faux vertical segments framing a central abstract taotie mask,
the circular aperture set with a gilt metal liner, the wood a rich honey-
brown color and raised on a circular base enclosing a three character hall
mark inscribed fuchen tang.
$7,000 - 9,000

Provenance:
acquired in China by an American missionary family before 1945 and
thence by descent to the present through a private family collection

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