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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION (LOTS 11-12)
11 (detail)
AN INSCRIBED AND HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED HUANGHUALI 清十七/十八世紀 黃花梨嵌百寶蓮塘詩句筆筒
BRUSHPOT
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The cylindrical brushpot is fnely inlaid with mother-of-pearl, stained bone,
coral and soapstone, to depict an egret in fight diving towards a companion
egret which is wading through a pond of fowering lotuses and waterweeds.
The reverse has a couplet inlaid in mother-of-pearl which may be translated as:
‘In the shimmering waters, there is a unity of colours; during the long day, the
fragrant wind gently blows’, followed by two seals, Qingshang, ‘In Appreciation
of Clarity’,
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high
£20,000-30,000 $29,000-42,000
€26,000-38,000
PROVENANCE: 來源:英國私人珍藏，於2004年11月1日在香港佳士得拍
賣，拍品第910號
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 November 2004, lot 910.
From a private English collection.
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