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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ PORTABLE PROPERTY FROM THE JEFFREY M. KAPLAN PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE
CHEST COLLECTION COLLECTION
LATE QING DYNASTY
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID A SET OF EIGHT CARVED
the rectangular case with hinged cover over twin LACQUER SEAL CHEST OPENWORK WOOD PLAQUES
doors on a low base, the top opening to a storage QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
well over three short and one long drawer, with CENTURY
baitong pendant pulls, bail handles to each side the iridescent shell nely shaped and applied
and ruyi form central lock plate, hasp and hinges to the black lacquer exterior illustrating scenes of softwood, possibly nanmu, each rectangular
Height 16 in., 40.6 cm; Width 16 in., 40.6 cm; from Hangzhou’s West Lake, the hinged lid and panel intricately carved in varying degrees of
Depth 11¼ in., 28.6 cm front doors opening to reveal a tray atop four openwork relief providing foreground, middle
and background with a famous poet enjoying the
Ⴚ$ 2,000-3,000 tted drawers each lacquered black with mother- pleasures of wine (Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu,
of-pearl inlay on the exterior and lacquered red Cui Songzhi, Jiao Sui, Li Shizi, Su Jin and Wang
㶭㛓ġġġ湫剙㡐⭀䙖䭙 on the interior, chased bronze hardware for the Jin), as described in the poem ‘Eight Immortals of
handles, hinges, and lock the Wine Cup’ by the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu (8)
1311 Height 13 in., 33 cm; Width 13⅞ in., 35.2 cm; Height 7¼ in., 18.6 cm; Width 12⅜ in., 31.4 cm
Depth 9⅛ in., 23.2 cm
A ‘HONGMU’, ‘HUALIMU’ AND PROVENANCE
MARBLE TABLE SCREEN, PROVENANCE
LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLIC Kaikodo, New York, 1998.
PERIOD L’Asie Exotique, La Jolla, CA, 1998.
EXHIBITED
$ 4,000-6,000
A Garden Show, Kaikodo Journal, 1998, Kaikodo,
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ湹㺮⳴坢懧Ⱉ㯜Ṣ䈑⚾⭀䙖䭙 New York, cat. no. 71.

the circular creamy-white marble plaque gured $ 5,000-7,000
with thick dark gray and subtle beige streaks, set
within a molded-edge square frame, the upright 㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ
struts, anked by shaped spandrels, joined by a 㛐德晽梚ᷕℓẁ⚾㜧ᶨ⣿ℓẞ
rectangular panel with a shaped, beaded opening
over a canted arched apron, resting on arched
slab feet (2)
Height 22½ in., 57.2 cm; Width 18⅝ in., 47.3 cm;
Depth 7 in., 17.8 cm

Ⴚ$ 2,000-3,000
㶭㛓ġİġ㮹⚳ġġġ䲭㛐㊤剙㡐㛐搚⣏䎮䞛㍺⯷

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