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900 A FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAMBOO’ PLAQUE
SIGNED XU ZHONGNAN, REPUBLIC PERIOD
TWO PAIRS OF PORCELAIN GARDEN SEATS
LATE QING DYNASTY / 20TH CENTURY nely painted with bamboo reeds issuing slender leaves
growing from rockwork by a stream, accompanied by a
both pairs of barrel-form with two rows of applied staggered calligraphic inscription and followed by a red seal, dated wuyin
bosses and perforated on each side, the slightly concave top year, corresponding to 1938, framed
with ‘cash’ symbols, the rst enameled in a vibrant famille-rose Height of frame 19½ in., 49.5 cm; Width 14½ in., 36.8 cm
palette with shaped reserves of peacocks amid peonies on $ 3,000-5,000
a ‘Hundred Antiques’ ground; the second in underglaze blue
with reserves of birds perched amid peonies against a oral 㮹⚳ġġġ䰱⼑㶭⼙㎾桐⚾䒟㜧
meander (4) 柴嬀烉㶭⼙㎾桐㒔㜙✉⯭⢓㐡㱽ġㆲ⭭⸜⢷㚰ᶲ㴋䪡慴
Height 18 in., 45.7 cm 侩Ṣ⼸ẚ⋿⮓Ḷ䎈Ⱉ㢚䡏Ⱉ棐ᷳ大䨿
$ 800-1,200
900
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901
901
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE
52 SOTHEBY’S COLLECTION

A PAIR OF BLACK AND GILT LACQUER
TRUNKS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each of rectangular form with hinged cover, decorated overall
with a grape leaf meander enclosed within oral borders, the
interior painted a sage green color, baitong bail handles set to
either side, later wood stands (4)
Height 19 in., 48.3 cm; Width 34 in., 86.4 cm; Depth 19½ in.,
49.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Label GW459/13.
$ 4,000-6,000

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