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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR 1029

A JADE INSET ARCHAISTIC ‘ZITAN’ PROPERTY OF A CHICAGO PRIVATE COLLECTOR
MIRROR STAND
QING DYNASTY A ‘HUANGHUALI’ RECTANGULAR
TRAY
the support of crescent shape forming a stylized QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
taotie, neatly carved in low relief with lively C-scrolls, CENTURY
a stretcher and scrolling bracket joining the front
section to the shaped upright, the front centered a single board panel, set within a raised and
by a white jade plaque inscribed with a didactic text shaped edge, surmounted by an openwork gallery
by Zhu Xi, followed by an apocryphal Qianlong yuti terminating in stylized ruyi heads, all raised on four
mark corner bracket feet
Height 13⅜ in., 34.1 cm Length 14¾ in., 37.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Irwin Elkus Auerbach (1892-1960), Ⴚ$ 5,000-7,000
Pleasantville, New York, and thence by descent. 㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ湫剙㡐攟㕡䚌
$ 6,000-8,000
1030
㶭ġġġ䳓㨨搚䌱掉㝞
柴嬀烉㛙㔯℔ḹġ⯭⭞㚱⚃㛔ġ嬨㚠崟⭞ᷳ㛔ġ⊌
₱㱣⭞ᷳ㛔ġ␴枮滲⭞ᷳ㛔ġ⽒䎮ᾅ⭞ᷳ㛔ġḦ
昮⽉柴

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1030

AN INLAID ‘HUALI’ BOOK FORM BOX
AND SAUCER SET
LATE QING DYNASTY

the box with bone-inlaid sides mimicking the
pages and clasps of stacked albums, the sliding
top and clasped center opening to reveal a black
baize-lined interior tted for eight white-glazed
porcelain saucers with bases marked Qingmige zhi in
underglaze blue (9)
Width of box 12½ in., 31.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Colorado Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Ⴚ$ 5,000-7,000

㶭㛓ġġġ剙㡐㛐⎌㚠⺷味䙺忋䘥慱⮷䚌ᶨ䳬ℓẞ
⮷䚌烉˪㶭䦀敋墥˫㫦

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