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1255 PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT A. LANDAU
COLLECTION

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A ROSE-VERTE AND GILT-DECORATED
BRUSH REST

JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-
RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The top is decorated in rose-verte with a scene of
a scholar relaxing in a garden within a gilt frame
between three grooves for brushes decorated
with forets. The gilt-edged openwork sides have
classic scroll and the underside is decorated with
turquoise enamel.
3¡ in. (8.6 cm.) long

$4,000-6,000

清嘉慶 粉彩高士圖筆擱
礬紅單方框四字篆書款

1255 (mark)

PROPERTY FROM THE JAMES K. LI COLLECTION

1256
A FAMILLE VERTE RECTANGULAR
JARDINIÈRE

18TH-19TH CENTURY
The jardinière is modeled and decorated as two
volumes of books, one with fan-shaped cartouches
on each side and the other with quatrefoil
cartouches, and each cartouche contains a scene
of fgures within landscapes. The jardinière is
raised on four low, bamboo-shaped feet.
7æ in. (19.4 cm.) wide

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Collection of Ambassador Ti-Tsun Li (1901-1981),
and thence by descent to the present owner.
清十八/十九世紀
素三彩仿書式開光山水人物圖花盆

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