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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID
BROWN LACQUER LOW TABLE
17TH CENTURY
the rectangular top depicting a gathering of the
Immortals at a riverside pavilion in the company
of elegant ladies and attendants, a deer nibbling
grass nearby and second observing two cranes
soaring past an old pine tree, details of the
fabrics, fur, and vegetation Þ nely incised in
the mother-of-pearl, all set over a pierced
and shaped apron supported by four scrolling
cabriole legs and inlaid with Þ ne diaper patterns
and ß oral scrolls, Japanese wood box (3)
Height 6½ in., 16.5 cm; Width 23 in., 58.4 cm;
Depth 13¼ in., 33.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Japanese Private Collection.
Sotheby’s London, 15th May 2013, lot 200.

$ 20,000-30,000
⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ġġġ墸㺮⳴坢懧ẁ倂⚾䀽㟴
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㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷
ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼2013⸜5㚰15㖍炻䶐嘇200

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