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A SET OF IMPERIAL STAINED IVORY ‘XIANGQI’ PIECES WITH TWO PAINTED
LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
Yongzheng
This pair composed of thirty-two circular xiangqi pieces incised with characters infilled with
gilt against a ground of prunus blossoms on the top, sixteen pieces stained in red and incised
with a crane roundel clasping a lingzhi fungus in its beak on the reserve, the other sixteen
pieces stained in green and incised with a descending bat, the fitted square boxes and covers
exquisitely painted on each side in gilt with clusters of lingzhi fungus within a border of leafy
lotus scrolls on black lacquer.
Boxes 8.2cm (3.5in) wide each; xiangqi piece 3.2 (1 1/4in) diam each. (20).
HKD1,500,000 - 2,000,000
US$190,000 - 260,000
清雍正 御製染色象牙彩漆描金冰梅紋象棋及漆盒
Provenance:
A French private collection, acquired in the first half of the 20th century
Christie’s London, 9th November 2010, lot 206
來源：
法國私人舊藏，二十世紀上半葉入藏
佳士得倫敦，2010年11月9日，拍品編號206

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