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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID AND LACQUERED INCENSE AN EIGHT PANEL COROMANDEL FLOOR SCREEN
STAND LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD
RYUKYU ISLANDS, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Each panel of fairly thin section, carved and colored on one side with
Its rectangular top and lozenge-centered stretcher panel inlaid with a martial scene extending across the front of six panels while discrete
scholars walking amid landscape scenes, framed by leaf scrolls and reserves of landscapes or flower and bird grouping appear above and
geometric diaper bands that repeat around the waist, the curving below as well as along the two outside panels; the reverse covered
apron finished with open work and a scalloped edge and the with phoenix, cranes, and other auspicious birds in a landscape
gracefully scrolled legs, the inlay of well-matched iridescent blue color (extensive wear, cracks, repairs).
set within the black lacquer ground (minor losses, age cracks, repairs). 80 1/2 x 128in (204.5 x 325cm)
18in (46cm) long
US$3,000 - 5,000
US$1,500 - 2,000
PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO ESTATE
9393
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUERED LOW TABLE 9396 W
RYUKYU ISLANDS, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER A SIX-PANEL WOOD AND COROMANDEL LACQUER FLOOR
Of elaborate waisted construction atop cabriole legs, the rectangular SCREEN
top surface inlaid with a figural scene of immortals in a celestial palace, REPUBLIC PERIOD
the remaining framing members further adorned in bird and flower Constructed with wood framing members that surround three
motifs (chips, repair and retouching). coromandel plaques for each panel, the upper plaques featuring
8 x 24 x 14 1/4in (20.3 x 61 x 36cm) flowers, plants and birds, the lower plaques depicting horses and the
large center plaques presenting a continuous Daoist paradise scene
US$500 - 700 of sages and celestial attendants in a palace amid clouds, the reverse
with further landscapes, the coromandel panels worked in soft colors
A nearly identical table, dated to the 18th century, is published in on a crackled brown lacquer ground (age cracks, flaking to pigments).
Michael Hughes, LLC, An Important Collection of Chinese, Korean 84 x 96in (213 x 244cm)
and Ryukyuan Lacquer, New York, 2006, no. 103, p. 126.
US$1,500 - 2,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MARY FLIPPIN
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
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A GROUP OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE EXPORT FURNITURE 9397
LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD A POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD MID-SIZE FOUR-PANEL
The Chinese hardwood furniture including an armchair with a FLOOR SCREEN
reticulated panel of playful fu-lions playing on the back splat and 20TH CENTURY
bowls of fruit beneath the two arms; the second a rectangular low The pale greenish white ground of each panel overlaid with brightly
table with animal heads and claw and ball feet carved on the legs and painted beauties, children and garden rocks in high relief,and other
a squirrel and grapevine pattern reticulated on the aprons (losses); the details painted in outline form (wear, age cracks).
third a Japanese knee hole desk with a bat panel at the front between 35 1/2 x 48in (90 x 122cm)
the four small drawers fronted with dragons, the side panels carved
with animal heads and the case now altered with simple replacement US$400 - 600
legs (losses). [3]
39in (99cm) height of armchair
17 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 13 3/4in (45 x 59.7 x 35cm) the table
29 1/2 x 44 x 24in (75 x 112 x 61cm) the desk

US$800 - 1,200

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