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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN               PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK CITY
                                                                               COLLECTION                                        COLLECTION
                                                                               1138                                              ~ⱷ1140
                                                                               A SMALL ZITAN CYLINDRICAL BRUSH                   A SMALL RARE BOXWOOD,
                                                                               POT                                               HUANGHUALI, JICHIMU, TIELIMU AND
                                                                               18TH-19TH CENTURY                                 WUMU PARQUETRY ZITAN CHEST
                                                                                                                                 18TH CENTURY
                                                                               5w in. (14.8 cm) high
                                                                                                                                 8¬ in. (22 cm.) high, 7q in. (19 cm.) wide, 5º in.
                                                                               $4,000-6,000                                      (13.2 cm.) deep
                                                                                                                                 $20,000-30,000
                                                                               重要美४珍藏
                                                                               清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀ǎ紫檀小筆筒                                    PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 M. D. Flacks, Ltd., New York.
                                                                                                                                 LITERATURE:
                                                                               PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN               M. Flacks, Classical Chinese Furniture III: Woods of
                                                                               COLLECTION
                                                                                                                                 China, New York, Autumn 1998, p. 35, no. 18.
                                                                               ~1139                                             M. Flacks, Custodians of the Scholar's Way:
                                                                                                                                 Chinese Scholars' Objects in Precious Woods,
                                                                               A ZITAN, JICHIMU, AND BOXWOOD
                                                                                                                                 London, 2014, p. 372.
                                                                               PARQUETRY HUANGHUALI TRAY                                                                                          (another view)
                                                                               18TH CENTURY                                      The parquetry design seen on the doors of the
                                                                                                                                 present chest is an example of the cross cultural
                                                                               11æ in. (29.8 cm.) wide
                                                                                                                                 exchange between Europe and China during
                                                                                                                                 the Qing dynasty. Parquetry, and the related
                                                                               $8,000-12,000
                                                                                                                                 technique marquetry, was a European practice
                                                                                                                                 seen in furniture from the 18th century, whereby
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 woods of contrasting color and grain were mixed
                                                                               M. D. Flacks, Ltd., New York, 2 December 2006.
                                                                                                                                 to create complex geometric patterns and floral
                                                                               This refined parquetry tray is an example of the   designs or landscape scenes. A parquetry-
                                                                               high-quality scholar’s objects produced in the    embellished zitan corner-leg table dated to the
                                                                                                                                        th
                                                                                                                                     th
                                            1138                               mid-Qing period. This sense of refinement is       late 18 -19 century, inlaid in a geometric pattern
                                                                               due to the choice and execution of the design     with zitan, huanghuali, and nanmu, was sold at
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