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A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL YENYEN VASE
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Height 16¾ in., 42.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 15th September 1999, lot 216.
$ 30,000-50,000

明十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝番蓮紋
出戟鳳尾尊

來源
紐約佳士得1999年9月15日，編號216

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A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 明末 剔紅三顧茅廬圖大蓋盒
‘ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS’ BOX
AND COVER
LATE MING DYNASTY
(2)
Width 16 in., 40.5 cm
The present lot depicts the story of Liu Bei’s three visits
to Zhuge Liang’s thatched cottage. See a similarly carved
cinnabar lacquer box and cover, illustrating a gathering of
scholars and attendants, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 7th
July 2003, lot 730.

$ 20,000-30,000

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