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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST   PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
                                               COLLECTION
                                                                               ~993
                                               ~992
                                                                               A MARBLE-INSET HARDWOOD SCREEN
                                               A HUANGHUALI BRUSH POT, BITONG  THE MARBLE 18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                               18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                                                               The rectangular, variegated marble panel
                                               The cylindrical brush pot has plain sides and is   suggestive of a mountain range is set within a
                                               raised on a round base.         hardwood frame with beaded edges, which slides
                                               6 in. (15.2 cm.) high           into a base raised on shoe feet flanked by scrolling
                                                                               foliate spandrels above the shaped apron.
                                               $4,000-6,000                    40Ω in. (102.8 cm.) high, 32º in. (70.5 cm.) wide,
                                                                               11æ in. (29.8 cm.) deep
                                               PROVENANCE:
                                               Plum Blossoms Gallery, Ltd., Hong Kong,
                                                                               $12,000-18,000
                                               21 January 1991.
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                               美國西岸私人珍藏                        Christie's New York, 16 September 1999, lot 116.

                                               清十八/十九世紀 黃花梨筆筒                  私人珍藏
                                               來源:
                                                                               硬木嵌石屏風
                                               萬玉堂,香港,1991年1月21日。
                                                                               嵌石:清十八/十九世紀
                                                                               來源:
                                                                               紐約佳士得,1999年9月16日,拍品編號116。
                        992








                                                                               PROPERTY FROM THE WHITACRE FAMILY COLLECTION
                                                                               ~994
                                                                               A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR
                                                                               STOOLS
                                                                               17TH CENTURY
                                                                               Each stool has a hard mat seat set within a
                                                                               rectangular frame, above a narrow waist and
                                                                               plain apron. The whole is raised on square-
                                                                               section legs terminating in hoof feet and joined
                                                                               by humpback stretchers.
                                                                               20Ω in. (52.1 cm.) high, 20¿ in. (51.1 cm.) wide, 15¬
                                                                               in. (39.8 cm.) deep           (2)

                                                                               $25,000-35,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               The Collection of Dr. Frank E. (1897-1971) and Lillian
                                                                               (1907-1986) Whitacre, acquired between 1938-
                                                                               1939, and thence by descent within the family.

                                                                               WHITACRE家族珍藏
                                                                               十七世紀 黃花梨方凳一對
                                                                               來源:
                                                                               Frank E. (1897-1971年) 暨 Lillian (1907-1986年)
                                                                               Whitacre 伉儷珍藏, 入藏於1938至1939年間, 後家
                                                                               族傳承。










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