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~602

A HUANGHUALI TREE-TRUNK-FORM BRUSH POT,
BITONG

18TH CENTURY
The brush pot is well carved in high relief as a gnarled section of tree trunk.
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) high
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE

The Friendship Store, Bejing, 1983.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

清十八世紀 黃花梨樹根形筆筒

來源
文物商店，北京，1983
瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏

~603

A MARBLE-INSET HONGMU BARREL-FORM
STOOL

19TH CENTURY
The red variegated marble top is set within a rounded frame with beaded edge,
above shaped aprons and fve outward-curved, reticulated legs framing conjoined
scroll work. The whole is raised on short bracket feet.
21º in. (54 cm.) high, 20Ω in. (52.1 cm.) diam.
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.
Compare a related pair of marble-inset hongmu stools, formerly in the Robert H.
Ellsworth collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 183. See, also, a
single stool with a brown-viened stone top illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese
Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, New York,
1971, p. 194, no. 101, and currently in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,
Missouri.

清十九世紀 紅木嵌大理石坐墩

來源
安思遠，紐約
瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏

安思遠(Robert H. Ellsworth)舊藏一對紅木嵌大理石坐燉，於紐約佳士得拍
出，2015年3月18日，拍品183號。另一嵌棕色紋理石料之例，收錄於安思遠
《中國家具：明清硬木實例》(Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of
the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties)，紐約，1971年，194頁，編號101
，現藏美國密蘇里州堪薩斯城納爾遜美術館。

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