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VARIOUS PROPERTIES 1352
1352
A DALISHI-INSET YINGMU AND HONGMU
TABLE SCREEN
THE MARBLE PANEL, 19TH CENTURY
The attractively variegated circular marble
panel is enclosed by an openwork yingmu
frame and supported on a separate hongmu
stand with carved and pierced decoration.
The top of the marble panel is inscribed with
a title, shi shan ji cui (‘the emerald greens of
the Lion Mountain’) and a poem referring
to the scene, followed by a signature, Wang
Yu.
31√ in. (81 cm.) high overall
$12,000-18,000
癭木嵌大理石插屏
大理石屏:十九世紀
1353
A HARDWOOD ‘POMEGRANATE’ BOX
AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The box and cover are carved in the form of
two conjoined pomegranates borne on leafy
branches, the sides with wedge-shaped ribs.
5 in. (12.5 cm.) long
$4,000-6,000
EXHIBITED
Spink & Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China IV,
London, 1989, no. 15.
清十八世紀 硬木石榴式蓋盒
1353
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