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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG FAMILY COLLECTION
A PAIR OF HARDWOOD STANDS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
each with a square mitred top, supported on a key-fret apron
and straight legs with hoofed feet, set overall on a frame base,
each side decorated with spandrels carved with archaistic
dragons forming angular scrolls
86.5 by 44 by 44 cm, 34 by 17⅜ by 17⅜ in.
HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,300
These two high stands are of a typical middle Qing dynasty
style and construction with the floor stretcher adding
reinforcement to the structure. Their apron and waist are
carved in high relief with archaistic angular ‘dragon’ scrolls well
representative of the taste at the court from the second part of
the Qianlong period and during the following reigns.
清十九世紀 硬木方几一對
92 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
