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A SMALL BAMBOO-VENEERED ‘DOUBLE-LOZENGE’ A CARVED BAMBOO WRIST REST
BOX AND COVER 19TH CENTURY
18TH CENTURY The convex surface is carved with a narrow panel of a lady standing in
The box and cover are shaped as two conjoined rhombuses, and carved and contemplation on a terrace, and with a poetic inscription followed by two
veneered in low relief on the top with archaistic scrolls fanking a wan symbol, square seals.
and on the sides with abstract kui dragon scrolls. 7 in. (17.5 cm.) long, silk pouch, Japanese wood box
4 in. (10.1 cm.) long
$2,000-3,000
$8,000-12,000
清十九世紀 竹雕仕女圖臂擱
PROVENANCE
Harry Nail, Palo Alto, California, 1960.
John Yeon (1910-1994) Collection, Portland, Oregon.
A similar bamboo-veneered ‘double-lozenge’ box and cover in The Feng Wen
Tang Collection Of Bamboo Carvings and Furniture was sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 2853.
清十八世紀 貼黃方勝式蓋盒

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