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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A TIANHUANG SEAL These inscriptions were inscribed and engraved by Huang Langshan. Limited
18TH-19TH CENTURY information is recorded about the owner of the seal, Hong Gengsheng. The
lengthy inscription composed by Li Xi and carved on the interior of the box
The rectangular seal has an irregularly sloping top carved with broad strokes
highlights the accomplishments Hong Gengsheng achieved in his career.
imitating a mountain top. The face is carved with a seal reading Gengsheng zhi
Hong ranked top three in the imperial examination in the geng wu year
yin (The seal of Gengsheng).
(corresponding to 1790 or 1850) , and obtained his official title in the city of
1¬ in. (4 cm.), hardwood box
Yili, in northern Xinjiang, in the geng jia year (corresponding to 1800 or 1860).
weight: 27 g.

私人珍藏
$15,000-25,000
清十八/十九世紀 田黃印章
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1986. 印文: 「更生之印」
The cover of the presentation box bears a title reading Hong Gengsheng 來源:
Bianxiu yi yin (the legacy seal of Hong Gengsheng the Editor) followed by, 入藏於香港, 1986年
Shi Fu ren xiong zheng cang (Collected by the respected colleague Shi Fu).
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A SQUARE ZITAN DISPLAY STAND A SMALL CARVED ZITAN 'COMPOUND Miniature compound cabinets of this type were
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) CABINET AND HAT CHEST' made for display on a kang, which served as a
The top is set in a square frame above the waist 18TH-19TH CENTURY seat in the day and a bed at night. The present
'cabinet and hat chest' are made separately, as
and aprons carved with archaistic scroll. The The cabinet and hat chest have single-panel doors the full-size prototype would be. A pair of small
whole is raised on square-section cabriole centered around a central stile that open to reveal zitan 'compound cabinets and hat chests', also
legs terminating in scroll-form feet, joined by the shelved interior. The doors are finely carved carved on the sides and door panels with dragons
humpback stretchers, and fitted with openwork with four, four-clawed dragons pursuing a flaming in flight, in the Shanghai Museum of Art, is
corner spandrels. pearl amidst swirling clouds, the motif repeated illustrated in Shanghai Museum: Chinese Ming
15r in. (40 cm.) high; 14p in. (36.2 cm.) square with single dragons on the horizontal panel below and Qing Furniture Gallery, Shanghai, 2007, p. 25.
and the side panels, as well as on the square-panel For a full-size prototype, see the massive pair of
doors and side panels of the 'hat chest'. Each
$4,000-6,000 zitan ‘dragon’ compound cabinets and hat chests,
cabinet is fitted with cloisonné enamel hardware dated to the 19th century, sold at Christie’s New
and the feet are clad in cloisonné enamel sabots.
ૈ♥珍藏 York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 962.
19r in. (52 cm.) high, 11r in. (29.9 cm.) wide, 5 in.
清ǎ紫檀束腰雕拐子龍紋方座 (12.7 cm.) deep
清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀ǎ紫檀雕蒼龍教子紋袖珍頂
$15,000-25,000 箱櫃
Ϝ源
PROVENANCE:
Asian House of Chicago, Chicago, circa 2000, ҷ得自"TJBO )PVTF PG $IJDBHP
芝؟哥
by repute. 年ע後
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