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THOUGHTS ACROSS THE WATERS: ASIAN ART FROM THE DAVID DRABKIN
 COLLECTION
 ~874
 A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO AND HARDWOOD CYLINDRICAL
 INCENSE HOLDER
 17TH CENTURY
 The pierced sides are carved with entwined and writhing mythical beasts with
 demon faces and sinuous, serpentine bodies. The mounts and ends at the top
 and bottom are carved from hardwood.
 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
 $8,000-12,000
 PROVENANCE:
 David Drabkin Collection.

 EXHIBITED:
 On loan: New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1989-2020.

 遙思寄遠:龍大衛珍藏亞洲藝術
 十七世紀 竹雕瑞獸紋香筒
 來源:
 龍大衛珍藏
 展覽:
 借展: 耶魯大學美術館, 紐海文, 1989-2020年






 THE PROPERTY OF A FLORIDA COLLECTOR
 875
 A RARE AND FINELY CARVED RED LACQUER `HUNDRED BOYS’
 CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
 QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
 The top and sides of the cover are deeply carved with a scene of young
 boys at play within an elaborate garden landscape with pavilions, trees and
 ornamental rocks, the boys engaging in various pursuits including riding
 hobby horses and playing musical instruments, with one in the center wearing
 a demon mask, all on a diaper ground. The sides of the box are similarly
 decorated, with the interior and base lacquered black.
 5√ in. (14.8 cm.) diam.

 $30,000-50,000
 A very similar circular red lacquer box nearly identical in size, and carved with
 a 'hundred boys' shown chasing a kui, riding hobby horses, and playing music,
 also with a metal body, in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in The
 Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 46 - Lacquer Wares
 of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pp. 18-19, pl. 10. Another similar box,
 also with a metal body, was sold at Christie’s New York, 14-15 September
 2017, lot 997.

 佛羅里達州私人珍藏
 清乾隆 剔紅百子圖圓盒

 874



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