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                                                             447  TP
                                                             A LARGE WOOD AND GILT-LACQUER MODEL OF A THEATRE
                                                             STAGE
                                                             Late Qing Dynasty
                                                             Finely and elaborately carved with a wide balustraded platform
                                                             supporting a large central pavilion flanked by a pair of smaller
                                                             pavilions, each with delicately pierced walls and windows and sloping
                                                             roofs, detailed with numerous operatic figures on stage, all between
                                                             a pair of phoenix on gnarled trees. 150cm (59in) long.

                                                             £3,000 - 5,000
                                                             HK$30,000 - 50,000
                                                             CNY26,000 - 44,000
                                                             448
                                                             A PASTE-EMBELLISHED GILT AND LACQUER WOOD FIGURE
                                                             OF BUDDHA MUCHALINDA
                                                             Burma, late 19th century
                                                             Typically clad in flowing robes embellished with green, red and
                                                             translucent paste at the hems, his head downcast in a serene
                                                             expression, the Buddha seated in padmasana with his hands in
                                                             bhumisparsa mudra, all within the embrace of snakes unusually
                                                             terminating in a single dragon head above the throne. 55cm (21
                                                             5/8in) high

                                                             £700 - 1,000
                                                             HK$7,000 - 10,000
                                                             CNY6,200 - 8,800
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