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2056
A SILVER-INLAID ZITAN CUP
17TH-18TH CENTURY

The zitan cup is inlaid in silver wire with a
band of key fret on the foot, and the sides
with three rows of shou characters which are
interrupted by an openwork handle carved
as a fowering and budding branch bearing
a single peach at the rim. A three-character
mark, Jing Jing Zhai (Studio of Jing Jing)
within a square is inlaid in silver wire on the
base. The interior has a silver lining.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide across handle, Japanese
wood box

$12,000-18,000 底款：靜靜齋

明末/清十八世紀
紫檀錯銀絲百壽紋盃

2056 2056 (mark)

2057 PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR
2057
82 A BOXWOOD MALLOW-FORM INCENSE
TOOL VASE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The tall sides are lobed in conforming
outline to the mallow-form mouth and base,
the latter carved with petals radiating from
the center.
3√ in. (9.8 cm.) high

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

William Lipton Ltd., New York, 2000.
清十八/十九世紀
黃楊木葵瓣式小筒