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FURNITURE
PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
3200 3203W
A HARDWOOD LOW TABLE WITH RETICULATED APRONS A MASSIVE EIGHT-PANEL CARVED WOOD AND ENAMELED
Late Qing/Republic period METAL FLOOR SCREEN
The single-plank top supported on conforming uprights, each carved Late Qing/Republic period
and undercut as a circular cash above an in-curved foot, the aprons The wood frames on each panel carved in relief with bats, butterflies
on the long sides undercut with flowering prunus branches, peaches and auspicious gourd vines that surround a large central metal plate
and possibly citrons (wear). depicting each of the Eight Immortals in famille rose enamels on a
12 3/4 x 48 1/8 x 11 7/8in (32.5 x 122 x 30.5cm) white ground set between two smaller horizontal panels enameled
$1,000 - 1,500 en suite, with One Hundred Antiques, flowering and fruiting vines
and cranes in a landscape (warping, losses and cracks to enamels;
3201W shrinkage, cracks to wood).
A MIXED WOOD STAGGERED SHELF CABINET WITH 86 1/4 x 180in (219 x 457cm)
BAMBOO VENEER $10,000 - 15,000
The rectangular case with solid back divided into a number of
display shelves over a pair of drawers to the left of a storage area 3204W
fronted by a pair of hinged doors, the side opening inset with A HARDWOOD ALTAR TABLE
carved boxwood spandrels at the corners while a pair of carved The top constructed with a single floating panel set within wide
boxwood dragons form the spacers between the cabinet base and framing members, the flat aprons cut with undulating edges that
the humpback stretcher (wear). conform to the carved raised relief design of squared spirals, the
48 x 23 3/4 x 13in (122 x 60.2 x 33cm) four uprights joined on the short sides by transverse cross bars with
$1,000 - 1,500 scalloped spandrels, the two foot bars trimmed with lotus petal bands.
35 x 63 1/4 x 20 3/8in (89 x 160.5 x 51.7cm)
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS $4,000 - 6,000
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A PAIR OF HONGMU AND MARBLE PLANT STANDS
Republic period
Each of circular section with a mottled marble inset panel to the top,
the frame aprons carved in relief with raised spirals that repeat at the
top and form the foot to each leg joined near the base by crossed
humpback stretchers (wear to marble).
31 1/2 x 16in (80 x 40.5cm) maximum diameter
$2,500 - 4,000
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