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A SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID SCREEN
Probably Korean, 16th century
Decorated to one side with cranes among clouds, the central panel
with an archaistic inscription, the reverse with Buddhist symbols
framing a further archaistic inscription. 22.3cm (8 3/4in) high

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000

Provenance
John Hilliard Collection, by repute; Sydney L. Moss Ltd. (label).

290
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK AND RED LACQUER
TABLE SCREEN
Ming Dynasty, 15th/16th century
Decorated with a gentleman riding a mule flanked by a boy attendant
carrying a wrapped qin and another figure carrying food vessels, all
crossing a bridge in a tree-strewn river landscape, the reverse with a
crane perched on a pine branch amongst bamboo and blossoming
prunus. 41.5cm (16.3/8in) high.
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$43,000 - 64,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000
RCD Lockinge Radiocarbon Dating Measurement Report no.
RCD-9318 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Provenance
acquired from Spink & Son on 19 April 1991, by repute.
John Hilliard Collection, by repute.
290 (two views)

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