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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
913
A WHITE JADE LUOHAN-FORM BEAD
18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
The figure is carved with bushy eyebrows and wide mustache, waering
robes carved with intricate geometric pattern, and is pierced longitudinally.
The stone is of even white tone.
1æ in. (4.4 cm.) high, wumu stand, Japanese wood box

$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Yamanaka, Osaka & Co., 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
EXHIBITED:
New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an
Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.

清十八世紀或以前 白玉羅漢墜
來源:
山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前後。

~914
A CARVED ANTLER BUDDHIST TRIAD
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
913 The group comprises Guanyin, and her attendants Long Nu, and Shancai
Tongzi. Each figure is finely carved and has a creamy russet patina.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high, hongmu stand

$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.

明 鹿角雕袖珍三尊
來源:
山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前後。

915
TWO MINIATURE FIGURES OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) OR EARLIER
The first is a standing figure carved from soapstone of creamy white tone;
and the second is celadon-glazed and biscuit figure.
The larger, 1º in. (3.1 cm.) high, one wood box, one fitted cloth box (2)

$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE:
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
EXHIBITED:
First: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an
Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.

914
清或以前 袖珍觀音像兩尊
來源:
山中商會, 大阪, 1945年。
Lionel Rosenberg, 好望角, 南非, 入藏於1967-68年前後。