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

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A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL HARDWOOD AND BAMBOO BRUSH A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL ZITAN, HARDWOOD AND BAMBOO
POTS, BITONG CARVINGS
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY 19TH-20TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a hardwood brush pot, densely carved with two dragons The group comprises: a small hardwood foliate-form bottle; a small bamboo

contesting a faming pearl amongst scrolling clouds; a bamboo brush pot box and cover; a burlwood-inset hardwood scroll-form stand; a small zitan

carved with lotus and a jihai cyclical date; a bamboo brush pot carved with a circular box and cover; and a small hardwood box and cover inlaid with a

boy riding a bufalo; a bamboo brush pot carved with a calligraphic inscription; pierced boxwood ‘dragon’ plaque and an inlaid silver foliate border.

and a bamboo brush pot carved with a ‘crane’ panel surrounded by a long The largest, 4º in. (10.8 cm.) wide (5)

inscription. £1,200-1,500 $1,700-2,100
€1,600-1,900
The largest, 5 in. (13 cm.) high (5)

£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,000
€3,800-6,300
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE:
Property from a Private Asian Collection, predominantly assembled in the
Property from a Private Asian Collection, predominantly assembled in the 1980s and 1990s.
1980s and 1990s.
十九/二十世紀 紫檀，硬木及竹雕一組五件
清十九及二十世紀 硬木及竹雕小筆筒一組五件

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