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203 Y Ф
A STAINED IVORY SEAL PASTE BOX AND
COVER AND A STAINED IVORY SEAL
Early Qing Dynasty
The box of six-lobed form, finely carved in
shallow relief to the cover with a kylin roundel
encircled by the Ba Bao, the sides engraved
with scholars in mountainscapes and the
stanzas of a poem; the square seal with a seal
script face and Buddhist Lion finial.
The box: 8cm (3 1/8in) diam. (3).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000 203
The calligraphic inscription on the present
lot is the poem by famous Tang poet Wang
Zhihuan, ‘Climbing Stork Tower’, which
is often regarded as a metaphor for an
ambitious official rising up the ranks of state
bureaucracy.

白日依山盡
黃河入海流
欲窮千里目
更上一層樓

Bai ri yi shan jin
Huang he ru hai liu
yu qiong qianli mu
geng shang yi ceng lou

The white sun sets behind the mountains,
and the Yellow River flows into the sea,
To see a thousand mile view,
go up another floor.
204 Y Ф
A GROUP OF THREE IVORY PLAQUES
18th/19th century
Comprising: a reticulated rectangular plaque,
carved with a seated kylin, on a geometric
floral pattern ground; a rectangular three-
sectioned plaque, carved in part openwork
and relief to the central section with two
ladies and a boy in a pavilion garden; and a
rectangular plaque, incised and filled in black
pigment with an official and female attendants 204
in a pavilion garden, the reverse with a
calligraphic roundel and precious objects, all
with wood stands.
the largest 20cm (7.7/8in) long. (6).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

205
A BOVINE HORN ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’
SEAL
18th/19th century
The smooth cylindrical seal surmounted by
a seated mythical beast, with bulging eyes
and leonine features above a muscular body,
the mane and tail finely detailed, the seal face
reading lang lan xiang ge. 6cm (2 3/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000 205
HK$11,000 - 16,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ASIAN ART - PART I | 77