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

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A ZITAN WRIST REST AND A GREENISH-GREY STONE WRIST
REST
19TH-20TH CENTURY

Both wrist rests are carved in the form of two bamboo stems sprouting leafy

branches. The stone wrist rest is incised with a poetic inscription.

The largest, 9 in. (22.8 cm.) long                                                                                                             (2)

£3,000-5,000                                                                                                                                   $4,300-7,000
                                                                                                                                               €3,800-6,300

PROVENANCE:

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

十九/二十世紀 紫檀及石竹形臂擱一組兩件

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A GROUP OF FOUR WOOD WRIST RESTS
19TH-20TH CENTURY

The group comprises an ebony wrist rest with a calligraphic inscription and

three inscribed bamboo wrist rests, one carved with cabbages and another

with a seated immortal beside a smoking censer.

228 10 in. (25.4 cm.) long                                                                                                                     (4)

£2,500-4,000                                                                                                                                   $3,600-5,600
                                                                                                                                               €3,200-5,000

PROVENANCE:

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

十九/二十世紀 木雕臂擱一組四件

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