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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 the Estate of Marvin Davidson The Property of a Gentleman
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A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A A LARGE ‘CHICKEN BLOOD’ SOAPSTONE SEAL ૈ♥珍藏
SEATED LUOHAN QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) 清 雞血⊅૯方⒯
17TH-18TH CENTURY The base is inscribed with four characters in seal script reading zi sun bao zhi 印文 子孫寶止
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high (treasured by the offspring). Ϝ源
$4,000-6,000 3æ in. (9.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box 千秋庭，東̺
日本重要私́珍藏
$25,000-35,000 紐☼ωૈ得，2014年3月20日，拍品編號2043
Marvin Davidson 珍藏
十ˑ 十Ջˠ紀 壽山⊅雕羅漢ঙ像 PROVENANCE:
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.
Property from an Important Japanese Collection; Christie’s New York, 20
March 2014, lot 2043.
The stone's name, 'chicken-blood,' is derived from the intense crimson
streaks resembling fresh chicken blood drips. The finest chicken-blood
stone is mined in the Yuyan Mountain in Lin’an County, Zhejiang
province. The limited production of chicken-blood stone makes it
highly desirable for master seal carvers to commission important seals.
Alongside tianhuang stone and furong stone, chicken-blood stone (seal face) (seal impression)
is regarded as one of the yinshi sanbao (three treasured seal stones).
The present example is extremely rare for its deep color and large
size, measuring 9 cm. in height. Smaller chicken-blood seals of similar
quality, formerly in the Xu Hanqing Collection, were sold at Christie’s
New York on 15 September 2011, lots 920 and 930.

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Property from an American Family Collection
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A WELL-CARVED SOAPSTONE
FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN
17TH-18TH CENTURY
4¡ in. (11.2 cm.) high
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
Frank Finnell (1888-1967) and Marie Hinman
(1894-1980) Collection, acquired before 1939, and
thence by descent within the family.
美४家族珍藏
十ˑ 十Ջˠ紀 壽山⊅雕羅漢ঙ像
Ϝ源
Frank Finnell 1888 1967年
暨 Marie Hinman
1894 1980年
伉儷珍藏，於1939年עՆ藏，後於
家族中流ҷ

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