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1065 A LARGE ‘HUANGHUALI’ AND
34 SOTHEBY’S MIXED-WOOD PORTABLE
SCHOLAR’S CABINET
18TH CENTURY AND LATER

of rectangular form, a hinged pair of doors
framed by top and side panels, the back with two
softwood panels joined to a central hardwood
strip, all set into a conforming base with xed
upright posts extending over the top and anked
by shaped brackets, the interior with two
hardwood fronted softwood shelves, the lower
over a pair of drawers, huangtong mounts
Height 27½ in., 69.9 cm; Width 23 in., 58.4 cm;
Depth 13¾ in., 34.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Jane and Markus Chaplain,
California.

Ⴚ$ 8,000-12,000

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1065

A ‘ZITAN’ AND POLYCHROME
LACQUER ‘THRONE-BACK’ TABLE
SCREEN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

the ve-panel screen with canted ends, each
inset with three tianqi lacquer panels painted with
varying owering plants, all within a zitan frame
surmounted by carved panels of dragons writhing
amid ery clouds, the conforming base carved
with leiwen border, above a recessed waist with

ve pierced panels, an extending lappet band
and ve openwork foliate panels within a shaped
apron, all on stepped ogee-bracket feet (6)
Height 25 in., 63.5 cm; Width 24½ in., 62.2 cm;
Depth 3¼ in., 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Alice Boney (1901-1988), Hong Kong
and New York.
Jizhen Zhai Collection.

EXHIBITED

Elegance of the Qing Court, Joslyn Museum,
Omaha, Nebraska, 2008, cat. no. 110.

$ 12,000-15,000

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