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8075 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
8075
8076 A BLACK LACQUERED PORCELAIN VASE WITH
62 | BONHAMS MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAY
Late Qing dynasty
The waisted neck displaying a solitary scholar in his
boat floating amid river scenery while a larger panel
around the elongated ovoid body portrays scholars
and their attendants viewing the moon in a bamboo
grove reversed by a lotus garden, all worked in tiny
iridescent shell tiles and dust set into the black lacquer
ground, the porcelain body visible on the recessed
base.
15 3/4in (40cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000

8076
A KESI DRAGON ROBE
19th century
Woven in rich hues with rampant dragons amid ribbon-
like clouds, bats, flowers and auspicious emblems with
painted details on a ground of extensively worn gilt-
wrapped yellow threads above an equally colorful lishui
border, the collar bands and cuffs on the replacement
sleeves woven en suite on a black ground.
56in (142cm) long
US$5,000 - 7,000