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1433 A PAIR OF LAC BURGAUTE ‘LEISURELY
PURSUITS’ BOWLS
1434 QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
182 SOTHEBY’S
each with steep rounded sides rising from a straight foot
to a ared rim, the exterior nely inlaid with mother-
of-pearl depicting a continuous scene of scholars and
attendants in a garden setting, the interior and base with
a metal lining (2)
Diameter 6¾ in., 17 cm

PROVENANCE
C.T. Loo (by repute).

$ 800-1,200

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1433

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER
‘SCHOLAR’ BOX AND COVER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY

of circular form, decorated to the top with two conversing
scholars accompanied by an attendant in a landscape
setting with river, trees, pavilions and mountains, the sides
with keyfret, the interior and base lacquered black (2)
Diameter 4½ in., 11.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Pao & Moltke, Toronto.

$ 1,500-2,500

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1434

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK
LACQUER BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of circular form with straight sides and beaded top edge
encircling an inlaid scene of a sherman seated in a boat
on rippling waters, the interior of the cover with inlaid
inscription and signed Qianli with a square seal (2)
Diameter 3 in., 7.6 cm

LITERATURE
Jingpei Fang, Treasures of the Chinese Scholar, New York,
1997, pl. 148.
Jingpei Fang, Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art,
Berkeley, 2004, pl. 79B.

$ 3,000-5,000

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娑㔯烉
䯲䯲䪡䪧ẍ憋Ḷ㵯

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