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175 175 W
A reverse glAss pAinting inset
176 multi-pAnel sCreen
19th century
177 Each leaf decorated with inset paintings of the
66 | BoNHams Eight Immortals, Opera actors with attendants
and other scholars, a Tang Dynasty poem
written in semi-cursive below each one, the
end leaves with other auspicious messages,
further embellished with carved low-relief
panels, each panel fixed, mounted as a wall
hanging.
124cm (48 3/4in) x 102cm (40 1/8in)

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,600 - 11,000 HK$9,500 - 14,000

176 W
A CArved And pAinted lACquer
four-leAf sCreen
Qing Dynasty
Each rectangular panel decorated in
‘kuancai’, the designs of the four sections
together forming a lobed cartouche enclosing
a scene of scholars and attendants engaged
in various activities, reserved on a ground
carved with birds amongst bamboo and
prunus, bordered with a band of bats and
peaches.
Each panel 40.5cm (16in) x 181cm (70 1/4in)

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,600 - 11,000 HK$9,500 - 14,000

177 W
A HArdwood Cloisonné plAque-
inset KAng tAble And mAtCHing
stools
19th/20th century
The waisted kang table raised on four cabriole
legs with a waved apron, the top inset with
three circular plaques enamelled with dragons
amongst clouds and confronted fishes; the
waisted stools each with a plaque with cranes
on a foliate ground, raised on five cabriole
legs with a star shaped stretcher.
The circular tables: 46cm (18 1/8) diam.
x 51.5cm (20 1/4in) high The low table:
125.5cm (49 3/8in) x 49cm (19 1/4in) x 40cm
(15 3/4in) (3).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,600 - 11,000 HK$9,500 - 14,000