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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BERKELEY 5268
COLLECTION A CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED METAL
GARDEN SEAT
5266 Of hexagonal section with a cash-patterned
opening to the top, opposing panels of
A GROUP OF FOUR WOOD-FRAMED dragons and flaming pearls amid leaf scrolls
IRON METAL WALL PLAQUES on the convex walls separated by applied lion
19th century heads and circular bosses applied over bands
Each of pieced iron wire and sheet metal of cracked ice and flower heads, the applied
set within a black-painted wood frame: the metal decoration and other exposed metal
largest depicting a chrysanthemum; the
three smaller plaques of the same size filled surfaces finished with a gilt wash (wear to gilt).
17 1/8in (43.5cm) high
respectively with a prunus tree, orchids, and
chrysanthemums (corrosion to iron, one wood
frame cracked). US$1,200 - 1,800
28 x 11 3/4in (71 x 30cm) the largest plaque 5270
16 x 10in (40.7 x 25.5cm) the smaller plaques
SCHOLARS’ OBJECTS, FURNITURE AND A CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUERED
OTHER CHINESE WORKS OF ART WOOD FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
US$1,500 - 2,500 Qing dynasty
5269 Likely depicting one of the Four Heavenly
Kings (Ch: Si Da Tian Wang, Sk: lokapala), the
A larger group of iron wall plaques were A LACQUERED QIN (ZITHER) WITH red-faced wrathful figure depicted standing
offered in our Manhattan show rooms as lot SEVEN STRINGS in elaborately adorned martial attire and
2132 in our sale number 23984 of 13 March Designed in the Confucius style (Zhongni holding his hands aloft to support a now-lost
2017. shi), its tapering body with two gently sunken identifying implement (chips, wear).
areas at neck and waist along each long side, 52in (132cm) high
the elegant convex top inlaid with thirteen
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
circular mother-of-pearl markers (hui), with
a wood bridge supporting seven strings tied US$5,000 - 7,000
5267 to the seven tunings pegs to one end on the
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED underside of the instrument via tasseled silk 5271
VASES strings suspending through drilled holes, and A PAIR OF CARVED BAMBOO FU LIONS
Laotianli marks, late Qing/Republic two raised goose feet (yan zu) to the other end Each seated beast depicted with open mouth
period with a slender sound hole on each side (long and striated mane, the male resting his right
Each with a circular mouth on a lobed neck chi and feng zhao), a four-character inscription front leg on a perforated ball and the female
and body of pear form supported on a conical reading xiao yi tian qiu painted in gold; the clasping a young cub with her left front paw.
foot, decorated in polychrome enamels on a evenly lacquered surfaces displaying some 8in (20.2cm) high
white ground with scrolling foliage and fruit crackles.
above alternating reserves of dragons and 48in (121.9cm) length overall
phoenixes among cloud scrolls, the recessed 8 1/4in (21cm) width at shoulder US$800 - 1,200
base of each vase stamped Laotianli zhi within 5 1/4in (13.3cm) width at tail
a square (surface soiling, some oxidation to
interior). US$1,000 - 1,500
6 1/4in (15.9cm) high

US$1,200 - 1,800

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