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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION
1156 1158
A MARBLE-INSET ZITAN TABLE SCREEN A SMALL ZITAN THRONE CHAIR
18TH-19TH CENTURY LATE QING DYNASTY
23æ in. (60.3 cm.) high 33æ in. (85.7 cm.) high, 42æ in. (108.6 cm.) wide, 23q in. (59.7 cm.) deep
$30,000-50,000 $30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection. The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
The anonymous donor to Dong Wu University, who facilitated the donation
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of a suite of zitan furniture from the Prince Gong Mansion to the National
清十Ջ 十̏ˠ紀ǎ紫檀ณ雲⊅插屏 Palace Museum, Taipei, had the present zitan throne chair in their private
family collection based in Shanghai. The throne chair was one of the family’s
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most cherished pieces, and was placed in their study until the 1950s.
暫得樓胡惠春( )珍藏 Photographs taken by the donor in the 1970s document this throne chair
prior alongside the set of four zitan stools (lot 1159) and other pieces of
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION furniture now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
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A ZITAN EIGHT-PANEL SCREEN WITH
PAINTED STONE INSETS 晚清ǎ紫檀拐子龍紋寶座
(another view)
31æ in. (80.7 cm.) high, 6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) wide, ¬ in. Ϝ源
(1.6 cm.) deep, each panel 暫得樓胡惠春( )珍藏
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
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紫檀ณ⊅彩❡́ḵ故̢圖Ջ扇屏風
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1156 暫得樓胡惠春( )珍藏
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