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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL ‘ZITAN’ BALUSTER-FORM TOOL
VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
$ nely carved from a single cylindrical block, the ovoid body
tapering to a splayed foot and rising to a tall cylindrical neck
and lipped rim, the form decorated with low relief ruyi-head
borders, a row of small bosses, and wide bands of sti* -leaf
motif encircling the base and neck
Height 4¼ in., 10.8 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
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A HEXAGONAL SOAPSTONE BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH
CENTURY
the six facets of the exterior $ nely carved with a continuous
landscape with scholars roaming tree-lined mountain paths
leading to distant pavilions, all between keyfret borders,
supported on six pairs of low feet, the stone of mottled
crimson, yellow, gray, and white
Height 4⅞ in., 12.4 cm
$ 8,000-12,000
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE ‘HUANGHUALI’ BRUSHPOT
17TH CENTURY
the cylindrical form carved from a single piece of wood, the
deep sides ! aring gently rising to a pair of $ nely carved beaded
edges beneath the rounded rim, the lower section with further
beading over a compressed knop with neatly incised double
lines tapering to a thumb-molded ! at base with molded edge
Height 4¾ in., 12.1 cm
The undulating pro$ le and $ ne carving on the present brushpot
are distinctive. The beaker form enhanced with raised and
incised bands of decoration was perhaps inspired by a silver
prototype. A related brushpot of tapering form with beaded
edges was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 5th October 2016,
lot 3011.
Ⴚ $ 8,000-12,000
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