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PROPERTY FROM THE HOSOKAWA FAMILY COLLECTION
                                                                    細川家族珍藏
                                                                    3064

                                                                    A ZITAN SQUARE INCENSE STAND
                                                                    QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
                                                                    The top is set in a square frame above a pierced,
                                                                    scroll-end-shaped waist. The legs are interlinked with
                                                                    stretchers carved with the Eight Buddhist Emblems,
                                                                    bajixiang, joined by humpback stretchers to the feet.
                                                                    31Ω in. (80 cm.) high, 17√ in. (45.5 cm.) square
                                                                    HK$200,000-300,000       US$26,000-39,000
                                                                    EXHIBITED
                                                                    Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo,
                                                                    13-25 January 1981

                                                                    清   紫檀鏤雕八吉祥紋香几
                                                                    展覽
                                                                    日本橋三越,東京,《永青文庫   中国美術至宝
                                                                    展》,1981 年 1 月 13-25 日








                                                                    PROPERTY FROM THE HOSOKAWA FAMILY COLLECTION
                                                                    細川家族珍藏
                                                                    3065

                                                                    A CARVED AND PAINTED
                                                                    CINNABAR RED LACQUER KANG
                                                                    TABLE
                                                                    QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
                                                                    The top panel is decorated with a stylised wan pattern
                                                                    and set within a carved frame above the narrow waist
                                                                    with soapstone roundels, all resting on two carved
                                                                    openwork legs, each finely shown as a large lingzhi
                                                                    resting on inward scrolled feet. The cinnabar lacquer is
                                                                    finely carved overall with a dense lotus meander.
                                                                    14¡ in. (36.5 cm.) high, 33√ in. (86 cm.) wide,
                                                                    14Ω in. (37 cm.) deep
                                                                    HK$300,000-500,000       US$39,000-65,000

                                                                    For an identical carved and shaped cinnabar kang table
                                                                    dated to the Qianlong period in the Qing Court collection,
                                                                    see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
                                                                    Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong
                                                                    Kong, 2002, p. 151, no. 134. Compare the present kang table
                                                                    also to a closely related table dated to the Qianlong period,
                                                                    sold at Christie's New York, The Private Collection of Jayne
                                                                    Writsman, 14 October 2020, lot 57.

                                                                    清   剔紅纏枝蓮紋炕桌
                                    3064




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