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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 BAMBOO SCHOLAR’S OBJECTS
                                                                      19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

                                                                      The group comprises: two qin-form boxes and covers, one containing a small

                                                                      bamboo knife with a yichou cyclical date; a qin-form wrist rest inscribed with

                                                                      a gengchou cyclical date; and a square-form brush carved with bamboo and

                                                                      inscribed with a jihai cyclical date.

                                                                      The largest, 12Ω in. (31.8 cm.) long                                          (4)

                                                                      £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.

                                                                      清十九及二十世紀 竹雕文房用品一組四件

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                                                                      A GROUP OF THREE BAMBOO ‘CALLIGRAPHY’ WRIST RESTS
                                                                      20TH CENTURY

                                                                      The group comprises two wrist rests incised with a long vertical inscription

                                                                      and one wrist rest carved in relief with a long horizontal inscription.

                                                                      The largest, 16¿ in. (41 cm.) long                                            (3)

                                                                      £1,500-2,500                                $2,200-3,500
                                                                                                                  €1,900-3,200

                                                                 253  PROVENANCE:

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

                                                                      二十世紀 竹題詩臂擱一組三件
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