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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS
AND DOROTHY COFIELD
A ‘HONGMU’ TABLE FORM STAND
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the rectangular top formed from a single panel,
above intricately carved openwork aprons
and spandrels, baskets issuing fruiting, leafy
boughs to one long side and a ruyi-head motif
to the other, the shorts sides with lion-masks
suspending beribboned pendants terminating in
aring tassels, all resting on four square-section
legs ending in scroll feet
Height 11 in., 27.9 cm; Width 17⅝ in., 44.8 cm;
Depth 8 in., 20.3 cm
PROVENANCE
John Schiess, Vancouver, Washington, 1990s.
Oregon Private Collection.
Jadestone Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
Ⴚ$ 1,500-2,000
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䲭㛐德晽⌟叱䲳⮷䀽㟴
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PROPERTY FROM A CHICAGO PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A SIX PANEL BRASS INSET
‘HONGMU’ SCREEN
LATE QING DYNASTY / EARLY
20TH CENTURY
each rectangular hardwood panel with ve
variously shaped gilt-metal medallions cast with a
lively array of Daoist immortals, mythical beasts
and varying animals and birds amid foliage
Height 72 in., 182.9 cm; Width of each panel 16
in., 40.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in San Francisco, mid-1980s.
Ⴚ$ 6,000-8,000
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ℕ㇯⯷桐
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