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A CARVED TIXI CINNABAR LACQUER WATER COUPE
Late Ming dynasty, 17th century
The domed body with a central aperture at the top and set over a
slightly wider foot, the sides carefully carved through multiple layers of
black and cinnabar lacquer with large ruyi heads, the interior and base
lacquered black.
3 5/8in (9.1cm) diam.

$3,000 - 5,000
Provenance:
The Hundred Antiques, 1989
The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection
Christie’s, New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1151 (part lot)
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A LACQUER FAUX-CORAL ‘TREE AND LINGZHI’ IN A
LACQUERED JARDINIÉRE
18th/19th century
Formed in imitation of a tall, twisting trunk of coral issuing smaller
branches, the surface evenly covered in a brilliant orange-red lacquer,
the form towering over smaller lingzhi sprigs similarly lacquered, all
rising from a lobed jardinière set over four feet, the sides covered in
dark brown lacquer and painted in gilt and limited colors on one side
depicting two figures in a boat drifting along a river under a pine tree,
with a crane flying over a palace compound in the far distance.
14 3/4in (37.5cm) high

$2,500 - 3,500
Provenance:
Collection of Michael D. Stevenson (1947-2011)
Christie’s, New York, 11 November 2014, lot 68

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