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ANOTHER PROPERTY

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A ZITAN QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER

18TH CENTURY
The cover is well carved in the center with crossed ruyi within a shaped medallion surrounded by four
symmetrically placed roundels of cranes, each grasping a peach branch in its beak, all reserved on a fnely
carved wan diaper ground and each even further carved with a beaded ruyi head. The sides of the box and
cover are carved with detached ruyi heads, and the box is raised on small integral feet and the corners.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) across
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, New York.
清十八世紀 紫檀卍字錦地團鶴紋海棠式蓋盒

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