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6381 PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
A CARVED HARDWOOD SETTEE BENCH AND A PAIR OF
CHAIRS 6383
Republic period A MIXED HARDWOOD RECTANGULAR STOOL
The shaped three-section back of the bench elaborately carved at Constructed from Qing dynasty elements with a floating panel to the
the center with ritual vessels and potted auspicious fruits supported top, a recessed waist carved into each apron above a humpback
by geometrically styled stands flanked by auspicious characters on stretcher separating the uprights with re-carved feet (extensive wear,
the sides, the front beaded apron cut in geometric patterns; the two repairs).
side chairs constructed with a simple frame, humpback aprons and a 19 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 12in (49.5 x 41 x 30.5cm)
shaped back above a marble-inset panel.
40 7/8 x 70 1/2 x 22in (103.8 x 179.1 x 55.8cm) the settee
38 7/8in (98.8cm) height of chairs $600 - 800
$1,500 - 2,000
CHINESE WORKS OF ART
PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION
PROPERTY FROM A NORTHERN CALIFORNIAN GENTLEMAN
6382
A PAIR OF HUALI TWO-DRAWER COFFERS, LIAN’ERCHU 6384
Republic period A WOOD-FRAMED ‘DREAMSTONE’ MARBLE TABLE SCREEN
The floating panel top set into a mitred, mortise and tenon frame Late Qing/Republic period
above two recessed drawers and a pair of mounted double doors The rectangular marble slab richly veined in shades of gray to black,
over a U-shaped apron to the front butted to shaped oval supports. suggesting a mountain range emerging from clouds or rising along
33 1/2 x 43 x 17 1/4in (85.8 x 109.2 x 43.8cm) a water course on the opposing sides; mounted within a lacquered
hardwood frame with reticulated cloud collar aprons and spandrels
$2,000 - 3,000 with movable wood beads supported on transverse scrolling feet
(minor repair).
Provenance 20 1/8in (51.2cm) high
Property from a California Institution
$1,300 - 2,000
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