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PROPERTY FROM THE RAYMOND HUNG COLLECTION
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A LONGYANMU DISPLAY STAND 清十八 / 十九世紀 龍眼木座
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The richly-grained top is finely carved with a moulded edge above 著錄
a narrow waist. The whole is raised on plain, beaded aprons and 安思遠，尼古拉斯．葛瑞德雷，柯安霓合著，《洪氏所藏木
inward-curving legs joined by straight base stretchers. 器百圖》，上冊，紐約，1996 年，頁 116-117，編號 56
13 Æ in. (34.7 cm.) wide
HK$70,000-90,000 US$9,100-12,000
LITERATURE
R. Hatfield Ellsworth, N. Grindley and Anita Christy, Chinese
Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung
Collection, vol. 1, New York, 1996, pp. 116-117, no. 56
Longyan wood, or ‘dragon’s eye’ wood, is characterized by its golden
yellow tones and strongly rippled grain, and is most often found in
Fujian province. As the wood is formed from networks of interlocked
grains, it is often quite difficult to work with. Therefore, items fashioned
from longyanmu tend to be desk objects and smaller pieces of furniture,
such as the present stand. A waisted longyanmu rectangular sale sold
at Christie’s New York, Elevated Beauty: A Selection of Fine Chinese
Display Stands from an Important Private American Collection,
17 September 2015, lot 1041.

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