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1132 A PAIR OF POLYCHROME-LACQUERED
WOOD FIGURES OF BOYS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY,
17TH-18TH CENTURY

Each boy with smiling expression shown
seated on a drum-form stool with one leg
raised, the eyes inset with black beads, one
fgure holding a cat and the other holding
a rabbit, each wearing a ruyi necklace and
loose clothing with foliate-decorated borders
11Ω in. (29.2 cm.) high (2)
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1992.
The Irving Collection, no. 3810.
十七/十八世紀 彩漆木雕童子坐像一對
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1133 A PAINTED AND GILT-DECORATED
RED LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX
AND COVER
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY

The top of the cover painted with a scene
of two oficials standing in front of a marble
screen below a group of ladies in a pavilion,
with a pair of attendants standing beside
rocks in the foreground, the sides of the box
and cover inset with basketweave panels,
the base painted in red with three characters
reading yi mao bo
11æ in. (29.8 cm.) long
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$7,000-10,000
PROVENANCE
Roger Keverne, London, 2006.
The Irving Collection, no. 3888.
EXHIBITED
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare
Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Winter
Exhibition, November 2005.
LITERATURE
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works
of Art and Ceramics - Winter Exhibition,
London, 2005, p. 111, no. 111.
十七世紀 剔彩漆金亭臺人物圖長方蓋盒

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