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PETITE BOITE COUVERTE EN PLACAGE DE BAMBOU
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
La boîte et le couvercle en forme de losanges, sculptés en léger relief
de rinceaux archaïsants sur le couvercle entourant un symbole wan et
sur les côtés de dragons gui stylisés.
Longueur: 10,1 cm (4 in.)
€6,000-8,000 US$6,700-8,900
£5,200-6,900

PROVENANCE:
Previously in a French private collection.
A similar bamboo-veneered ‘double-lozenge’ box and cover in The
Feng Wen Tang Collection Of Bamboo Carvings and Furniture was sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 2853 and at Christie's New
York, 13 September 2019, lot 923.
A SMALL BAMBOO-VENEERED 'DOUBLE LOZENGE' BOX AND 68
COVER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
清 文竹方胜式蓋盒
來源：法國私人舊藏

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RARE THEIERE COUVERTE EN BOIS D'AGAR
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
Elle est sculptée en relief tout en préservant le grain naturel du bois
d'agar. L'épaulement est surmonté d'une prise en forme de branches,
l'intérieur doublé de métal argenté.
Hauteur: 21 cm. (8º in.)
€6,000-8,000 US$6,700-8,900
£5,200-6,900

Aloeswood, or chengxiamu or eaglewood, difuses a fragrance which
has made it highly treasured, especially in China, Japan and Tibet.
The wood is typically only found in small segments of usable material,
which are traditionally pieced together to make small scholar's
articles. It is also valuable in the manufacture of incense. A larger
carved aloeswood libation cup with a broader base is in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros
Horn Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 49.
A RARE ALOESWOOD TEAPOT AND COVER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
清十七/十八世紀 沉香雕提梁蓋壺

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