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A CARVED BAMBOO ‘ORCHID AND BAMBOO
SHOOTS’ LIUQING WRISTREST
carved in the liuqing technique with bamboo and orchid
sprays, further inscribed with a poem, dated Qianlong jiaxu
year (1754)
18.2 cm, 7⅛ in.
HK$ 26,000-40,000
US$ 3,350-5,100
清 竹雕留青蘭竹圖臂擱
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775
AN INSCRIBED SOAPSTONE SEAL
REPUBLICAN PERIOD
of rectangular section, carved in the form of a mountain,
one side inscribed with two verses taken from the Book of
Documents, the seal face with meiwu jixia (‘when does one
have the leisure to delight in Meiwu’)
5.7 cm, 2¼ in.
HK$ 8,000-12,000
US$ 1,050-1,550
775
民國 壽山石隨形印章
印文：「梅塢機暇」
邊款：敬修其可願，道積於厥躬。
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A CHENGXIANGMU CARVING OF A FINGER
CITRON
QING DYNASTY
carved fully in the round as a finger-citron, borne on
openwork stems issuing furled leaves, fitted box
12 cm, 4¾ in.
HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,100
清 沉香木雕佛手
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