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PROPERTY FROM THE MICHAEL D. STEVENSON COLLECTION

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A GILT-BRONZE TABLE-TOP DISPLAY CASE

18TH-19TH CENTURY

The hinged, rectangular vitrine opens to reveal a fnely-incised panel decorated with lotus
blossoms borne on leafy vines. The frame is intricately decorated with stylized foral meander.
The whole is supported on a waisted stand of conforming shape raised on short legs which
terminate in scroll-form feet joined by shaped aprons, and decorated with shaped panels
enclosing lotus blossoms below a lappet border.
7¬ in. (19.4 cm.) high, 24º in. (62.3 cm.) wide, 18Ω in. (47 cm.) deep
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE

Dragon House, San Francisco, 1980s.
Michael D. Stevenson (1947-2011) Collection.

清十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金纏枝蓮紋展示櫃

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