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

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TWO BAMBOO PARFUMIERS
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

The frst parfumier is carved and pierced with fgures on a boat beside a

pavilion and pine. The second is carved and pierced with fgures on horse back

amongst pine and wutong trees.

The largest, 10√ in. (27.7 cm.) long                                        (2)

£800-1,200                            $1,200-1,700
                                      €1,100-1,500

PROVENANCE:

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

清十九及二十世紀 竹鏤雕山水人物圖香筒一組兩件

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A GROUP OF FOUR BAMBOO WRIST RESTS
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

The group comprises a wrist rest carved with birds fying in a rocky landscape,

inscribed with a gengzi cyclical date of the Daoguang era, corresponding

to 1840; two smaller wrist rests carved with bamboo and a mountainous

landscape; and a wrist rest carved in the form of bamboo stems laid beside

each other.

The largest, 7Ω in. (19 cm.) long                                           (4)

£3,000-5,000                          $4,300-7,000                               230
                                      €3,800-6,300

PROVENANCE:

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

清十九及二十世紀 竹雕臂擱一組四件

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