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A BRONZE ‘SCHOLAR’ INCENSE-STICK HOLDER AND A A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID LACQUER TRAY AND STAND
BRONZE ‘TOAD’ SCROLL WEIGHT Ryukyu Islands, Qianli seal mark, 17th/18th century
Late Ming Dynasty The canted square tray with a central yin yang symbol encircled by the
The incense-stick holder finely cast as a bearded scholar with long Eight Trigrams within a rounded cavetto and flat rim with geometrical
flowing robes seated on a gnarled tree-trunk, a small aperture behind inlaid border and red lacquer edge, the sides of the tall stand with
the scholar for inserting incense; the scroll weight formed as a archaic vessels, a scholar and attendant, luduan and a poetic
recumbent toad, with large round eyes, ready to pounce. inscription and Qianli mark, the tray base and stand interior painted
The larger 9.2cm (3 1/2in) long. (2). with the character yi 益. Tray, 14cm (5 1/2in) wide. (2).

£1,200 - 1,500 £1,000 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000 CNY9,100 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

明晚期 高士形銅香插 及銅蟾形紙鎮 各一 琉球，十七/十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿八卦圖倭角方盤連座
「千里」款

567 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE ‘BOY ON LEAF’ JOSS-STICK HOLDER Exhibition, London, 2005, no.115.
17th century
The bronze group modelled as a boy seated upon a large leaf, holding 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，
a flowering lotus stem, with a pot behind him serving as a joss-stick 編號115
holder, 7cm (2 3/4in) wide; together with a bronze seal, Ming dynasty,
modelled as a seated Buddhist lion with curled mane and upright tail, The poem is a line by the famous Song dynasty stateman and reformer
with a loose ball in its mouth, with zhuanshu script to the seal face, Wang Anshi (1021-1086) and reads: 細數落花因坐久, which may be
3.5cm (1 1/2in) high. (2). translated as: ‘the small and numerous fallen blossoms whereupon I
sit for long’, followed by the seal mark of the lacquer craftsman Jiang
£800 - 1,200 Qianli. Jiang Qianli was a renowned craftsman specialising in inlaid
CNY7,200 - 11,000 lacquer. Although he was traditionally thought to have lived during
the late Ming period, recent scholarship placed him a little later in
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 the Kangxi period; see G.Tsang and H.Moss, Arts from the Scholar’s
Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no.144.
十七世紀 銅持蓮童子香插 及 明 銅獅鈕印 各一
Compare with a similar example in the British Museum, no.
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter 1974,0226.70.a, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer,
Exhibition, London, 2006, no.12 (seal). London, 1979, pl.197. See also a related tray and stand in Ryukyuan
Lacquerware from the Urasoe Art Museum Collection, Urasoe, 1995,
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2006年， p.71, no.44.
編號12（銅獅鈕印）

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