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674
A PAIR OF CARVED TWO-COLOUR LACQUER DISHES
19th century
Each carved in low relief in the Ming style with peony flower sprays
in black lacquer, reserved on a wan symbol and triangular diaper
ground respectively.
Each: 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam. (2).

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
673
Provenance: J. Vallot Collection, Auctioneer Fernand Lair-Dubreuil,
1-3 February 1926, lot 255 (label)
675
A SILVER-GILT VELVET PURSE AND A SMALL CINNABAR
LACQUER BOX AND COVER
17th/18th century and 18th/19th century
The purse of lobed cloud-form decorated with qilin and phoenix
amongst foliage surrounded with borders of crustacea and fish, the
reverse with a silk-embroidered velvet panel; the circular box and
cover carved in low relief with a scholar seated under a pine tree, the
sides and box base with a wan-symbol diaper.
The purse: 14cm (5 1/2in) high (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
674 CNY13,000 - 18,000
676
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER OCTAGONAL ‘DRAGON’
VASE, COVER AND STAND
Late Qing Dynasty
Each side finely carved in low relief with a writhing dragon amidst
wispy ruyi-head clouds between lappets, the foot with key-fret border
and neck with diaper pattern, the domed cover with lotus-bud finial
and carved with blooming lotus, the eight-legged stand similarly
carved with foliate scrolls. 76cm (30in) high. (3).

£5,000 - 8,000
HK$52,000 - 83,000
CNY44,000 - 71,000
The Property of a Noble Lady

Provenance: A European private collection

675 677
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER TRAY AND STAND
Ryukyu Islands, 18th-19th century
The tray with a central yin yang symbol encircled by the Eight
673 Trigrams, the sides of the stand with archaic vessels, a scholar and
A THREE-COLOUR LACQUER ‘CHUN’ CIRCULAR BOX AND attendant, luduan and a poetic inscription, the tray base and stand
COVER interior marked with the character yi 益.
19th century Tray width 14cm (5 1/2in) (2).
The lid carved in relief with a basket holding streamers, a flaming
pearl and with a central character, chun, meaning Spring time, £2,000 - 3,000
surrounded with floral motifs, reserved on a diaper ground, the box HK$21,000 - 31,000
similarly decorated. 19.3cm (7 5/8in) diam. (2). CNY18,000 - 26,000

£800 - 1,200 Compare with a similar example in the British Museum, inventory
HK$8,300 - 12,000 number 1974,0226.70.a, also illustrated in ‘Chinese Lacquer’, Sir
CNY7,100 - 11,000 Harry Garner, Faber & Faber, 1979, plate no. 197.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
228 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.