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A jApAnese embroidered pAnel-
inset four-leAf leAtHer sCreen
19th century
Each panel raised on two short feet, with a
shaped top, with a foliate embossed leather
covering attached with a gimped edge, each
inset with a metal-thread embroidered panel
variously decorated with birds amongst
flowers and trees.
Each panel approx. 60cm (23 1/2in) x 180cm
(70 3/4in)

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

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A KoreAn motHer-of-peArl inlAid 195
silver-mounted box And Cover
Possibly Choson Period
The lid and box embellished on each side with
foliate cartouches enclosing writhing dragons
and mythical beasts, all reserved on a diaper
ground, with pomegranate-shaped hinges
and lockplate, the silver mounts stamped for
Birmingham 1911; together with a Korean
qingbai-style glazed oviform jar.
23cm (9in) wide (2).

£500 - 1,000 HK$5,900 - 12,000
CNY4,700 - 9,500

For a rectangular box, of similar form, also
with slightly domed cover and attributed
to the Choson era, see Christie’s South
Kensington, 10/03/05, lot 40. Whilst it is
known that these boxes date back at least
to the Koryo era, their usage is less certain
although Jane Portal in Korea Art and
Archaeology British Museum Press 2000,
p99, highlights the suggestion that they may
have been manufactured to contain copies of
the printed Tripitaka Koreana.

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A sino-tibetAn tHAngKA of vAjrA
sAdHu
19th/20th century
Distemper on cloth, the wrathful expression
of Dam Cam or Dorje Legpa depicted in the
Nyingma tradition with a vajra in his right hand
and a human heart held to his mouth in the
left hand, riding a snow lion looking at him
in sign of respect, flanked by two arhats, all
beneath four images of Sakyamuni and above
three wrathful deities.
79cm (31.1/8in) square

£500 - 1,000 HK$5,900 - 12,000
CNY4,700 - 9,500

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