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A WOOD TOBACCO PIPE
LATE QING DYNASTY

the long stem carved in the form of bamboo,
tted with a pale celadon jade mouthpiece and a

bronze shank and bowl engraved with two female
Immortals amid clouds
Length 35½ in., 90.2 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭㛓ġġġ㛐㠧䌱◜䄁堳

1341

A SILVER-MOUNTED SOFTWOOD 1340
WALKING STICK
SILVER INSCRIPTION DATED 1887

possibly of nanmu, the tapering standard
naturalistically carved as a knotted trunk, with
high relief carving of three birds alighting on a
knot and a slender wrapped vine, a sherman
with a catch of carp, the head mounted in silver
with raised decoration of immortals, deer,
bats, and birds among foliage surrounding two
inscriptions, DI. B.S. RINGER from G. L. Mackay,
1887 inscribed to the top and in Chinese, Ling’er
Yisheng Xie Mushi Song to the side of the mount
Height 39¾ in., 101 cm

George Leslie Mackay was the rst Presbyterian
missionary to live in Taiwan, arriving in 1871 and
staying until his passing in 1901.

See catalogue note at .

$ 1,500-2,000

戨椾䲨1887⸜ġġġ㛐戨椾㛾

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