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689 TP
A PAINTED LACQUERED ALTAR TABLE
18th/19th century
With a shaped apron flanked with archaistic
scrolls, the four legs with further scroll
spandrels and joined with low stretchers,
all covered in a red lacquer and carved and
painted with a lotus flower meander. 132cm
(52in) x 40cm (15 3/4in) x 83cm (32 5/8in)

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Brian McElney
589 OBE, founder of The Museum of East Asian
Art in Bath.
690 TP Y
A HONGMU LOW SQUARE TABLE, KANG
19th century
The floating panel top set within a mitered,
mortise-and-tenoned frame bevelled around
the sides above a waisted neck and beaded
apron, all supported on the curving legs with
a projecting foliate square section and a
beast-head terminal.
75.4cm (29 5/8in) wide x 75.6cm (29 3/4in)
deep x 37cm (14 1/2in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000
690 Provenance
Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de
Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the
Italian Crown, Commander of the Order of St
Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the
Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife
Archduchess Margaretha d’Austria Toscana,
Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986).

691 TP Y
A HUANGHUALI STOOL, FANGDENG
Qing Dynasty
With four square-section legs joined with
hump-back stretchers, with carved scrolled
feet, the waisted top inset with a reed
support, the wood of a rich golden hue.
54cm (21 1/4in) x 54 (21 1/4in) x 59cm (23
1/4in)

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000

691

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