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TWO DATED SUZHOU STONE TILES A PAIR OF MARBLE INSET HONGMU
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED STOOLS
1749 AND 1784 QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
each of square form, carved to the side with a date and place each of barrel shape with the marble panel inset into a circular
of manufacture, the stone of dark grey tone, later mounted on frame, all above a shaped apron repeated at the base, the four
simple wood bases to form a table bowed legs divided by reticulated conjoined quatrefoil panels,
(4) all supported on four short ruyi feet
Tile: 72 by 70 by 10 cm, 28¼ by 27½ by 4 in., (2)
and 68.5 by 66 by 8 cm, 27 by 26 by 3⅛ in. 53 cm, 20⅞ in.
:£ 6,000-8,000 Ⴚ:£ 12,000-18,000
HK$ 58,000-77,500 US$ 7,500-10,000 HK$ 116,000-174,000 US$ 14,900-22,400
1749 1784
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