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重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏

Property from a Prestigious Private Collection
~1122
A RARE HUANGHUALI SQUARE TABLE For dining, writing, appreciating antiques, or playing games, the
18TH-19TH CENTURY square table is one of the most versatile forms in Chinese furniture.
The humpback stretchers provide added strength while lightening the
33æ in. (85.7 cm.) high, 37æ in. (95.9 cm.) square
overall appearance, and not interfering with the knees of the sitters. A
$70,000-90,000
huanghuali square table with cusped, beaded aprons and carved with
confronted chilong was sold at Christie’s New York, 25 September
PROVENANCE:
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections, New York. 2020, lot 1646. A huanghuali square table with plain, beaded edges
Acquired from the above in 2000. and supported by 'giant's arm' braces was sold at The Marie Theresa L.
Virata Collection of Asian Art: A Family Legacy, Christie's New York, 16
顯㈥私́珍藏 March 2017, lot 605.
清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀 黃花梨羅鍋棖方桌
Ϝ源
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珍藏, 紐☼
2000年得自˖述藏家

Another Property
1121
A LARGE NINGXIA 'BUDDHIST LION' CARPET Eighteenth-century carpets featuring Buddhist lions are incredibly
18TH CENTURY rare. According to M. Franses, there are only eight examples that can
be attributed to the first half of the eighteenth century- which has now
149q in. x 152 in. (379.7 x 386 cm.)
been increased to nine since the emergence of the Eyrie-Rockefeller
$30,000-50,000 Buddhist lion carpet, which sold at Christie’s New York, 10 May 2018,
清十Ջˠ紀 寧ૠỜ紋毯 lot 992- and approximately forty examples which are attributed to the
second half of the eighteenth century.
Chinese carpets featuring Buddhist lions emerged in the early seventeenth
century. These early examples are clearly drawn and embody the fierce For a related carpet, referred to as a ‘platform cover,’ featuring
and protective nature of these stylized beasts. As time went on, these similarly rendered Buddhist lions in the center and of similar size
Buddhist lions developed features of the Pekinese dog, popular as pets and proportions, see an example illustrated in ibid., pp. 48-9, pl. 25.
in the palace, which were deliberately bred to reproduce the imaginative Another related eighteenth-century carpet, of narrower proportions
characteristics of the semi-mythological lion. By the eighteen century, and possibly for use as a daybed cover, was sold at Christie’s New York,
Buddhist lions were depicted on carpets in a more stylized manner, and 13 April 2017, lot 224.
are often shown circling around a coin in a medallion (see, M. Franses,
H. Konig, and Hwee Lie The, Lion-dogs, Hundred Antiques, Classical
Chinese Carpets I, London, 2000, pp. 19-23).