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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏

Property from a Private American Collection
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A YELLOW-GROUND SILK
CARPET
19TH CENTURY
There is a five-character mark reading Qianqing
Gong yuyong (for imperial use in the Palace of
Heavenly Purity) in a line along the top.
67 x 105 in. (170.2 x 266.7 cm.)
$30,000-50,000

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The Qianqing Gong, or 'Palace of Heavenly
Purity', the first of the Three Rear Halls,
formerly contained the sleeping chambers
of Ming emperors. During the Qing dynasty,
however, emperors began to manage state
Property from a Distinguished Private American Collection The Property of a New York Collector
affairs from the Qianqing Gong. The Palace
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A PAIR OF LACQUERED JUMU STOOLS A JUMU 'BAMBOO'-STYLE CORNER-LEG TABLE room and offices, where emperors summoned
19TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY subordinates for consultation, received foreign
envoys, as well as gave banquets for family
20¿ in. (51.1 cm.) high, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) square 31æ in. (80.8 cm.) high, 72º in. (180.9 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
members, relatives and high officials (see
$3,000-5,000 $10,000-15,000 Wan-go Weng and Yang Boda, The Palace
Museum: Peking, Treasures of the Forbidden
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
C. L. Ma, Hong Kong. Watermoon Gallery, New York, June 2003. City, 1982, p. 50). It is uncertain whether or
not this carpet was ever used in the Palace,
顯㈥美४私́珍藏 紐☼私́珍藏 but if it were, carpets inevitably would have
清十̏ˠ紀 櫸木罩漆方凳ˏ對 清十Ջˠ紀 櫸木仿Ⓘ؟⊀老條桌 been replaced at regular intervals. A similar
Ϝ源 Ϝ源 carpet sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May
馬可樂，香港 Watermoon 藝廊, 紐☼, 2003年6月 2010, lot 1930.
美४私́珍藏
清十̏ˠ紀
黃ঃ絲織Ǚ̖清宮御用ǚ團花紋毯

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