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PROPERTY OF A MICHIGAN PRIVATE PROPERTY OF A MICHIGAN PRIVATE 㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ湫剙㡐㧡㦩⼊
COLLECTOR COLLECTOR
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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ ‘FLORAL’ A ‘HUANGHUALI’ TREE TRUNK-
娑㔯烉
BRUSHPOT, BITONG FORM BRUSHPOT, BITONG
ℕ漵大埴叔Ṣ㬉
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY Ը๕
the cylindrical form carved in low relief, forming 䲸䲬喯⭴㭼2006⸜3㚰30㖍炻䶐嘇96
six large upright overlapping petals gently of irregular outline, naturalistically carved to
curling at the rim, overlaid with three detached simulate the gnarled surface of a trunk with
ß oral sprays emerging from rockwork pierced hollows and knurled burr knots, a
Height 7 in., 17.8 cm two-line poetic inscription to one side, Liu
long xi xing wan ren huan (‘Traveling West, His
PROVENANCE
Majesties bring joy to all the people’), applied,
Sotheby’s New York, 30th March 2006, lot 95. conforming hardwood base
Height 7⅜ in., 18.7 cm
Ⴚ $ 6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ湫剙㡐晽剙䞛⚾剙⺷
Sotheby’s New York, 30th March 2006, lot 96.
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Ⴚ $ 5,000-7,000
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䲸䲬喯⭴㭼2006⸜3㚰30㖍炻䶐嘇95

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