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PROPERTY FROM A
NORTH CAROLINA
PRIVATE COLLECTION
LOTS 1059-1066
1059
1060
1059 1060
PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE COLLECTION
FOUR CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER A GREEN JADE SCHOLAR’S ROCK
OBJECTS LATE QING DYNASTY
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
vertically oriented with tapered edges rising to graduated
comprising one small rectangular box and cover carved with peaks, the front face of the rock with rounded contours
two gures in a landscape; one rectangular box and cover emerging at varying volumes, the back face gently sloping
carved with a scholar accompanied by his attendant carrying with subtle contours, the polished stone streaked with various
a qin; one circular box and cover carved with a traveler astride greens and black, wood stand (2)
a donkey followed by an attendant; and an enameled brass Height 9⅞ in., 25.1 cm
bookend inset with a carved cinnabar lacquer ‘ oral’ panel
surrounded by the ‘Eight Daoist Emblems’ (7) PROVENANCE
Width of largest box 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm Collection of Charles Hayes Brown (1859-1910), San Francisco,
California, and thence by descent.
PROVENANCE
$ 4,000-6,000
Collection of Charles Hayes Brown (1859-1910), San Francisco,
California, and thence by descent. 㶭㛓ġġġ䌱䡏Ⲙὃ
$ 3,000-5,000
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ⇼䲭☐⚃ẞ
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