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

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A GROUP OF FOUR ZITAN AND
HARDWOOD CARVINGS AND A DUAN
TALISMAN-FORM BOX AND COVER
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a duan box and cover

carved in the form of a tiger, with an inscription

to the underside of the base; a square zitan

box and cover; a zitan inkstone box and cover

inset with a soapstone rising sun; a hardwood

inkstone box and cover carved with archaistic

scrolls; and a small hardwood palette carved

with two chilong.

The largest, 5¿ in. (13 cm.) wide (5)

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

244 PROVENANCE:

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

十九及二十世紀 紫檀，硬木雕四
件及端石蓋盒一組五件

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A GROUP OF SIX SMALL HARDWOOD,
BAMBOO AND BOXWOOD CARVINGS
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a silver-inlaid hongmu

brush rest; a small bamboo wrist rest carved

with prunus; a miniature bamboo parfumier

carved with horses; a hardwood box and cover

inscribed with a Daoguang gengxu cyclical date;

a boxwood carving of a tree trunk with prunus

branches; and a silver-inlaid hardwood brush

rest.

The largest, 5º in. (13.4 cm.) long (6)

£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.

十九及二十世紀 硬木，竹及黃楊
木小文房用品一組六件

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