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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL
HARDSTONE-INLAID, GILT-DECORATED
LACQUER THRONE SETTING
19TH CENTURY
The throne setting is comprised of a throne, a
pair of incense stands, and a foot rest, all fnely
decorated in gilt.
The stepped back and arms of the throne are
inlaid with various hardstones depicting fowering
branches, including prunus, chrysanthemum, and
camellia within shaped cartouches surrounded
by carved, stylized angular scrollwork outlined in
gilt, and with lotus scroll on the edges. The seat
is decorated with three single-clawed dragons
chasing a faming pearl amidst fve bats and
scrolling clouds, above a narrow waist, a lappet
border, and a shaped apron carved with angular
scrollwork. The whole is raised on short, square-
form legs terminating in hoof feet joined by base
stretchers.
The foot rest is decorated in gilt with a central
lotus fower amidst lotus scroll above a narrow
waist and lappet border. The whole is raised on
squat legs terminating in hoof feet joined by base
stretchers above square chucks.
The pair of incense stands is decorated on top
in gilt with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amidst
intertwining scrollwork and foral scrolls with
conjoined ruyi at the center and the corners, above
the narrow waist, lappet border, and aprons carved
with stylized angular scrollwork outlined in gilt.
The whole is raised on square-form legs further
decorated with lotus scroll, and terminating in hoof
feet joined by base stretchers.
The throne: 38Ω in. (97.8 cm.) high, 43¬ in.
(110.8 cm.) wide, 32 in. (81.3 cm.) deep;
the foot rest: 7æ in. (19.7 cm.) high, 33Ω in.
(85.1 cm.) wide, 15 æ in. (40 cm.) deep;
the pair of incense stands: 39¡ in. (100 cm.) high,
20¿ (51.1 cm.) square
(4)
$80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in San Francisco, 1990s.
清十九世紀 御製黑漆描金嵌寶寶座、
黑漆描金香几一對及黑漆描金腳踏

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