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1439 A LACQUERED CARVED WOOD BOX
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
1440
184 SOTHEBY’S of rectangular section with a hinged cover attached
by brass ttings, brass handles on opposite sides,
the exterior carved in relief with varying images
within borders, the keyfret chiseled cross sections
painted with ne lines of red, black, and gilt
pigmented lacquer to imitate carved lacquer, the
front and top with respective scenes of an o cial
traveling with his entourage and two scholars
conversing by moonlight, the sides densely packed
with owers in bloom, the back with a deer and
crane in a natural setting, the red and black-
lacquered interior supporting a shallow nested tray,
the base lacquered black (2)
Length 14⅜ in., 36.5 cm

$ 6,000-8,000

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1439

PROPERTY OF A LADY

AN EMBROIDERED SILK AND SEED
PEARL ‘DRAGON’ COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the circular upper panel centered by a forward-
facing dragon below a shou medallion, writhing
amidst a ‘ aming pearl’ and scrolling clouds, all
embroidered with seed pearls and de ned with
knotted stitch against a navy blue silk ground,
the back panel with colorful ruyi and scrolling
arabesques in knotted stitch
Diameter 14½ in., 36.8 cm

Ⴚ$ 5,000-7,000

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1440

PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION

AN AMBER AND JADEITE COURT
NECKLACE (CHAO ZHU)
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the 108 amber beads divided by four pale green
jadeite fotou (Buddha heads), the fotou at the back
connected to a gourd-shaped fotouta (Buddha head
stupa), supporting a silk cord tassel intersected by
a attened rectangular jadeite pendant, terminating
to a ligree-mounted jadeite tear-shaped bead,
enhanced by three jinnian strands each strung with
ten coral beads, wood and glass display frame (2)
Length 53 in., 134.6 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Aileen Aderton (1904-2005), Maryland,
and thence by descent.

Ⴚ$ 8,000-12,000

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