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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION, PREDOMINANTLY ASSEMBLED
IN THE 1980S AND 1990S

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A CARVED BAMBOO BRUSH POT, BITONG
WUSHEN CYCLICAL DATE CORRESPONDING TO 1848

The brush pot is carved to one side with a scene from ‘Ode to The Red Clif’ of scholars in a
boat surrounded by rocky landscape, pine and wutong trees. The reverse is incised with a
poetic inscription.
5º in. (13.5 cm.) high

£5,000-8,000 $7,100-11,000
€6,300-10,000

PROVENANCE:

Property from a Private Asian Collection, predominantly assembled in the 1980s and 1990s.

清道光戊申年(1848) 竹雕「赤壁圖」筆筒

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A GROUP OF SIX SMALL WOOD CARVINGS AND A BRONZE WEIGHT
19TH-20TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a miniature abacus; an inscribed bamboo block; a bamboo seal carved

with a tiger; an inscribed bamboo toggle; a bamboo snuf bottle; a bamboo carving of Libai;

and a bronze fgure of a foreigner on an elephant.

The largest, 2æ in. (7 cm.) wide (7)

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,200
€2,600-3,800

PROVENANCE:

Property from a Private Asian Collection, predominantly assembled in the 1980s and 1990s.

清十九/二十世紀 木雕六件及銅胡人騎象紙鎮一組七件

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