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AN INCISED IVORY BRUSHPOT AND A HUANGHUALI A GREEN JADE INSET ROSEWOOD BOX AND COVER
BRUSHPOT The jade 19th century
17th Century and later The oval plaque carved in low relief with a musical stone, qing, with
The ivory pot finely incised with a riverside pavilion, the reverse with two swooping bats above and a cash below. 10.8cm (4 1/4in) wide (2).
a five-line cursive inscription, signed 松友 songyou or ‘Friend of the
Pine’, and with three seals; the hard wood pot expertly carved with £800 - 1,200
a blossoming prunus tree, the reverse with a four-line running script CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000
passage, possibly signed with the name 林汪士 Lin Wangshi, the
timber of rich chocolate hue. The largest: 13cm (5 1/8in) (2).

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000

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