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A LARGE ‘HONGMU’ AND MIXED HARDWOOD
THREE-DRAWER COFFER (LIANSANCHU)
LATE QING DYNASTY
the single-board top set into a mitered, mortise and tenoned frame
with separate everted ends, above a frieze of three short drawers,
! anked by long tapering shaped spandrels, and a pair of hinged
doors divided by a central stile, bordered by two outer panels, all
above a short apron carved with a ! oral scroll, with baitong mounts
Height 38¾ in., 98.5 cm; Width 100 in., 254 cm; Depth 21¾ in.,
55.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Drummond Brothers, Long Island, New York, 1951.
Collection of Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987).
Sotheby’s New York, 16th September 2009, lot 31.
Ⴚ $ 30,000-50,000
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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD TENNESSEE COLLECTION
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A ROOTWOOD RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
assembled from rootwood components the top inset with two
grayish-green duan stone square panels, set into an irregularly
shaped frame of gnarled twisting wood, above a shaped apron of
further lively openwork assemblage, branching to four splayed legs
Height 18¾ in., 47.6 cm; Width 42½ in., 108 cm; Depth 21 in.,
53.3 cm
$ 25,000-35,000
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