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A SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK                                A BLACK LACQUER AND IVORY-INLAID RECTANGULAR
LACQUER TABLE                                                       BOX AND COVER
17TH CENTURY                                                        17TH-18TH CENTURY

The table is inlaid in mother-of-pearl with birds perched on        The cover is inlaid in ivory with a lively scene of boys playing in a
blossoming prunus branches by rocks with lingzhi fungus. The sides  garden, to one side a seal and three-character inscription reading
are further decorated with a scrolling design of fower heads.       biyu zhai that may be translated as “Spinach Jade Hall”. The sides
20Ω in (52 cm.) wide, ftted wood box                                are decorated with prunus blossom and applied with metal handles.
                                                                    13¿ in. (33.3 cm.) wide
£1,000-1,500  $1,500-2,100
              €1,300-1,900
                                                                    £600-1,000                                                                            $850-1,400
                                                                                                                                                          €760-1,300

明末清初十七世紀 黑漆嵌鏍鈿花鳥圖方几                                                 PROVENANCE:

                                                                    The Executors of Walter Raleigh Trevelyan.

                                                                    清十七/十八世紀 黑漆嵌象牙嬰戲圖方蓋盒
                                                                    「碧玉齋」款 來源: Walter Raleigh Trevelyan珍藏

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