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Property from a distinguished
European private collection
顯赫歐洲私人收藏藏品

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A rare and large pair of cinnabar
lacquer vases and stands
18th/19th century
Each six-sided vase with a lobed cartouche on
each side, variously carved with scenes containing
scholars and Immortals, including a scholar with
his boy attendant observing Lu Dongbin and
Li Tieguai from across a river, Cao Guojiu with
castanets and Zhongli Quan with fan gesturing
towards Han Xian’gu with a lotus leaf, Han Xiangzi
playing his flute as a scholar crosses a bridge with
a peach-laden branch, the laughing Hehe Erxian
with lotus and box watching Zhang Guolao and
Lan Cai, each group within a river scene set with
pagodas and rocky banks, the foot and neck of
each vase densely carved with scrolling lotus and
chrysanthemum meanders, all raised above a
leiwen ground of black lacquer, each stand raised
on six ruyi-shaped feet and carved with dense
lotus scrolls.
Each vase with stand 87cm (34¼in) high (4).
£100,000 - 150,000
HK$1,200,000 - 1,900,000
CNY980,000 - 1,500,000

十八/十九世紀 剔紅開光人物故事圖大瓶一對
Provenance: A distinguished European private
collection

來源：顯赫歐洲私人收藏

A cinnabar lacquer vase, 18th/19th century; image
courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

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