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995

PROPERTY FROM THE SUZANNE FOSTER COLLECTION
OF CHINESE WORKS OF ART

~995

A PAIR OF CARVED COCONUT
WEIQI BOXES
18TH CENTURY

Each box has a compressed body and two handles
suspending loose rings, and is carved on the sides
with two panels enclosing a central medallion
and two confronting qilin set against a scrolling
ground, all between two borders of dragons and
lotus scroll.

6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide across handles (2)
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Kenneth Brown Inc., La Jolla, California.
Suzanne H. Foster (1943-2015) Collection, Florida,
acquired in 1984.

清十八世紀 椰殼雕瑞獸紋圍棋盒一對

996 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

150 996
A CARVED CHENXIANGMU
DOUBLE-GOURD VASE AND COVER

The vase and cover are carved in high relief as
a double gourd borne on a vine which forms the
cover and continues around the sides with
further trailing, leafy vines bearing numerous
smaller gourds.
9º in. (23.5 cm.) high, cloth box

$30,000-50,000

沉香木雕葫蘆萬代蓋瓶