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904 PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE
COLLECTION
905
54 SOTHEBY’S A LOBED BLACK AND POLYCHROME
LACQUER STAND
QING DYNASTY

the quatrefoil bracketed top painted with a faux-
realgar pattern within a keyfret border, over a ared
apron, supported on four cabriole legs terminating
in ruyi-form feet and joined by a conforming base
stretcher on bracket feet, all with scattered gilt, red,
green and yellow-painted foliate motifs
Height 17 in.,43.2 cm; Width 18 in., 45.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Charles R. Bennett (1885 -?), President
of International Banking Corporation, Peking (1917-
1923), and a trustee and o cer of China Foundation,
Peking (1924-1941).
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holden (1888-
1982), Raleigh, North Carolina, acquired in China
between 1916 and 1940, and thence by descent.

$ 3,000-5,000

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904

A ‘HUANGHUALI’ RECTANGULAR
PLANK
20TH CENTURY

Height 1⅜ in., 3.5 cm; Width 59½ in., 151 cm; Depth
12 in., 30.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Pao & Moltke, Toronto, 1980s.

Ⴚ$ 6,000-8,000
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905

PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A PAIR OF ‘HUALI’ WOOD STANDS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each rectangular top panel set within a narrow frame
above thumb-molded openwork angular scrolling
spandreled aprons, the four slender, beaded legs
joined by low humpback stretchers, above pad feet
(2)
Height 29½ in., 74.7 cm; Width 18¼ in., 46.3 cm;
Depth 10¾ in., 27.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Henri Vetch (1898-1978), Hong Kong.
Acquired directly from the above in the 1940s in
Hong Kong, and thence by descent.

Ⴚ$ 5,000-7,000
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