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A BLUE GROUND AND GILT ‘DRAGON’ A ‘HONGMU’ ‘DRAGON’ CHEST
PANEL LATE QING DYNASTY
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of rectangular form, nely carved on all sides with auspicious
the rectangular panel painted in gilt with a ve-clawed dragon emblems, dragons in pursuit of ‘Flaming Pearls’, shou
soaring amid ery clouds towards a smaller dragon emerging characters, ying bats, ruyi scepters and coins, with baitong
from roiling seas and cresting waves below, metal mounts hinges, strap mounts to each side, bail handles set to either
Height 15⅛ in., 38.4 cm short side and a quatrefoil escutcheon with cloud-form hasp,
low metal stand (2)
PROVENANCE Height 14½ 36.8 cm; Width 30¾ in., 78.1 cm
Collection of Sarah Pike Conger (1843-1932), Concord, New Depth 18 in., 45.7 cm
Hampshire, acquired while living in China 1898-1905.
Collection of Mina Merrill Prindle (1864-1963), Duluth, PROVENANCE
Minnesota and Pasadena, California, acquired Gerlach’s, Collection of Mina Merrill Prindle (1864-1963), Duluth,
Pasadena, California, 1917. Minnesota and Pasadena, California, acquired Victor Marsh &
Co. Pasadena, California, 1917.
$ 4,000-6,000
Ⴚ$ 2,000-3,000
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㶭㛓ġġġ䲭㛐晽崽䎈暚漵䲳䭙

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