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50 A CINNABAR LACQUER BRUSH
72 SOTHEBY’S AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

the long cylindrical handle carved in relief with
mallow owers and rocks emerging from both
leiwen-banded ends, butter ies and birds perched
among the foliage against a diaper ground, the
terminal capped with a lingzhi sprig, the cover
carved with the ‘Three Friends of Winter’ against
a star-pattern hexagonal ground between a leiwen
band and a stylized foliate band below the shou
character cap (2)
Length 9⅝ in., 24.5 cm

$ 8,000-12,000

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AN ARCHAISTIC LACQUERED
BRONZE ‘SCHOLAR’ VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

of archaistic zhi form, nely carved to the front
and back with a lobed panel on diaper ground,
one depicting a scholar playing a qin under a
gnarled pine tree, the other with a scholar reading
beneath a wutong tree, surrounded by dense
foliate scrolls and stylized dragons, all between
lotus scrolls at the foot and kuilong at the neck,
the rim encircled by a band of keyfret, the base
lacquered black, metal core
Height 5 in., 12.6 cm

$ 15,000-20,000