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753 Top View


                                                                      753

                                                                      PROPERTY FROM THE PEONY COLLECTION
                                                                      AN INLAID HUANGHUALI ‘BOYS’ CANTED
                                                                      TOP TABLE CABINET
                                                                      QING DYNASTY

                                                                      inlaid with various hardstones including mother-of-pearl,
                                                                      soapstone, lapis lazuli, malachite and agate, the front
                                                                      decorated with eight boys at play, between four bats amidst
                                                                      clouds and a gnarled branch issuing the Three Abundances,
                                                                      the cover embellished with two deer resting among pine trees
                                                                      and jagged rocks, the sides flanked by C-shaped handles, the
                                                                      interior set with five fitted drawers
                                                                      30.7 by 32.2 by 23.3 cm, 12⅛ by 12⅝ by 9⅛ in.
                                                                    ◉   HK$ 30,000-40,000
                      753
                                                                      US$ 3,850-5,200
                                                                      清   黃花梨嵌寶嬰戲圖盝頂官皮箱







                                                                      754

                                                                      AN ARCHAISTIC CELADON JADE ‘TWIN
                   754
                 Two Views                                            FISH’ WASHER
                   兩面
                                                                      QING DYNASTY
                                                                      of oval form, the interior carved in relief with two fish, the
                                                                      exterior flanked by a pair of mythical beast masks, the stone of
                                                                      an even celadon tone with russet veins
                                                                      15 cm, 5⅞ in.
                                                                      HK$ 30,000-50,000
                                                                      US$ 3,850-6,400
                                                                      清   青玉雙魚紋洗
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