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AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION OF SCHOLARLY WORKS OF ART LOTS 285!343
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A MOTHER!OF!PEARL INLAID LACQUER
PLAQUE
MING DYNASTY, JIAJING PERIOD, DATED TO
THE GENGYIN YEAR CORRESPONDING TO
1530
of rectangular form with lobed corners, the inscriptions inlaid
with mother-of-pearl recording the teachings of Sima Guang,
the reverse with the mark Jiajing gen yin nian zhi (made in the
genyin year of Jiajing, corresponding to 1530), lacquered black,
Japanese wood box
(2)
50.5 cm, 19⅞ in.
£ 5,000-7,000 US$ 7,100-9,900
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TWO OVAL LAC BURGAUTE DISHES
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
each of shallow oval form with a ß ared rim raising from a low
foot, the interior Þ nely inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold foils
on a black lacquer ground, centred with a group of archaic
vessels, all against an intricate ß oral diaper ground, encircled
by a band of stylised ß oral stems at the rim, the black-
lacquered base inlaid with the characters Yutang yawan (For
elegant amusement in the Jade Hall) in seal script within a
square
(2)
12 cm, 4¾ in.
£ 6,000-8,000 US$ 8,500-11,300
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A ‘TIXI’ LACQUER STEMCUP
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
the deep curving sides rising from a splayed foot to a gently
everted rim, the exterior deeply carved through the layers of
brown-black lacquer with ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls revealing
alternating black and vermillion-red layers of lacquer beneath,
the interior and base lined with a white metal Þ tting
9.5 cm, 3¾ in.
£ 6,000-8,000 US$ 8,500-11,300
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