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A GROUP OF INK CAKES A HARDWOOD SCHOLAR’S BRUSH
Comprising: a set of four gilt-decorated moulded black ink sticks with 17th/18th century
birds and flowers and poems on the reverse, marked 徽州休城胡開 The shaft carved in medium relief with coiled and writhing chilong with
文造; a set of four gilt-decorated moulded red ink sticks with dragons manes and bifurcated tails, with a short brush inserted at the terminal.
and the Buddhist Emblems, fitted box; a small red stick with bats; a 28cm (11in) long
black stick with clouds; a small stick with moulded phoenix; together
with a group of provincial textile items including purses. 9.7cm (3 3/4in) £2,000 - 3,000
high (15). CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000 90
HK$16,000 - 22,000 A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID ZITAN MODEL OF A QIN
The upper face decorated with mother-of-pearl bridge, strings and
88 cover, the reverse with four bracket feet and inset tablets with an
A PAIR OF RED LACQUERED BAMBOO DOCUMENT HOLDERS apocryphal Qianlong two-character mark
Probably 17th/18th century 29.7cm (11 3/4in) long
The hollow cylindrical vessels gilt with writhing five-clawed dragons
amidst billowing clouds, supported by stepped, baluster-shaped £600 - 800
stands decorated with wan symbols, the covers with further clouds CNY5,500 - 7,300
and flower-heads. The tallest: 15.5cm (6 1/8in) (4). HK$6,600 - 8,800

£600 - 800
CNY5,500 - 7,300
HK$6,600 - 8,800

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