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28 | BONHAMS A CARVED ROOTWOOD FIGURE OF A LAC-BURGAUTÉ DRAWER SET
SHOULAO 19th century
Late Qing Dynasty The upwards sliding frame allowing access to
The gnarled root wood section carved into three stacked drawers, the fronts inlaid with
a dynamic figure of the Daoist Immortal scenes of figures in gardens in abalone shell
Shoulao with a recognizable bulbous worked down to selected bright colours,
forehead, the undulating, striated burls 18cm x 14cm x 14cm
cleverly forming his long beard and hair,
the top root appendages forming his arms £300 - 500
holding a large peach tree branch,
40cm high 125
A CANTON ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER
£800 - 1,000 19th century
Of bell-topped and pierced globular form
122 with geometric handles and raised on
A HUANGHUALI SERVICE TRAY tripod supports, enamelled with roundels of
Of rectangular form and with applied phoenix and ducks reserved against a design
moulded edge, of prunus blossom and bamboo leaves
37.5cm wide, 59.5cm long on a blue and gilt lattice ground, the legs
enamelled with dragon heads, (damages),
£250 - 350 38cm high
123 £400 - 600
A PAIR OF LARGE CARVED HARDWOOD
IMMORTALS 126
19th century A DEEPLY CARVED BAMBOO
Each standing and modelled with their BRUSHPOT
attributes, Shoulao with his gnarled staff, 19th century
peach, deer and crane, and standing on a Carved all over with sages in a mountain
rocky base, 65cm high, Li Tieguai cradles a retreat surrounded by pine trees, with
bird in one hand, his lame leg resting on his bamboo above and behind the towering
crutch, on a stylised wave base, rocks,
68cm high 15.5cm high
£1,000 - 1,500 £500 - 800
