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1275

A CARVED BAMBOO WRISTREST
QING DYNASTY

inscribed with a poetic verse in running script
above seven crabs, stained dark brown on the top
and sides, the underside lacquered golden-tan
Length 9⅛ in., 23.3 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭ġġġ䪡晽䥳垡⚾娑㔯兪㒙
˪⮷㶆䓇柴˫㫦
柴嬀烉
㕭梇⋿ⶆ㬚⸦曄ġ⮲⇵㭷╄梥䏛䎭ġ
⭞⚺Ṳ㖍䨢㊩惺ġ゛⇘䥳桐㺧㭤湫ġ⮷㶆䓇柴

1276

1273 1274 AN INKSTONE WITH ‘ZITAN’ BOX
AND COVER
1275 1273 QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
120 SOTHEBY’S
A SMALL CARVED BAMBOO VASE the shallow cover with a single panel top, gently
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH curving to a beaded edge and straight sides, the
CENTURY conforming box enclosing a dark gray inkstone
of trapezoidal shape, all supported on four low
in the form of a hollowed section of a pine tree, bracket feet (3)
the tree’s bark, knots, gnarled branches, and Length 5⅞ in., 15 cm
needles carefully rendered
Height 3⅜ in., 8.7 cm PROVENANCE

$ 2,000-3,000 New York, Private Collection.
M.D. Flacks, Ltd., London.
㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䪡晽㜦㦩⼊剙㍺
$ 3,000-5,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䞛䠗忋䳓㨨味䙺

1274 1277

A BAMBOO SEAL BOX, BY FENG TWO CARVED BAMBOO CUPS
LIYUAN QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
DATED 1954
the rst of a U-form section with an arched
of rectangular section, the top carved with handle issued from confronting dragon masks,
bamboo and inscriptions, in the lower right a with relief carved archaistic motifs and an
carved seal reading Mu[tang] wu shi er (‘Mutang inscription to the concave side exterior, the
[at age] 52’), on the left the artist’s signature second in the form of a double-lozenge with a
Mutang, followed by a seal Liyuan bowed chilong-mask handle in each notched
Length 2⅞ in., 7.3 cm corner, each main facet relief carved with a gure
in a landscape (2)
Mutang was the sobriquet of Feng Liyuan (1902- Width of wider 3¼ in., 8.3 cm
1970), a modern Suzhou epigraphist best known
for his bamboo carving. A carved bamboo seal $ 1,500-2,000
positioner by Feng Liyuan with the same date
and seals sold at Christie’s New York, 17th March 㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ
2016, lot 1120. 䪡晽㺩㧝侽嬨⚾䙫⍲䪡晽ầ⎌䲳䙫

$ 1,500-2,000 ầ⎌䲳䙫⫿烉
Ḽ沛Ḵ⸜ġ欗⋭⚃⸜ġℕ㚰⚃㖍ㆸ
Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ楖≃怈墥䪡晽㶭䪡⚾⌘䙺
˪㛐➪˫㫦

⌘㔯烉
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