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929
A HUAMU CUSHION-FORM BOX AND
COVER
18TH CENTURY

The box is raised on a ring foot and is carved
in the shape of an alms bowl encircled by
several bow-string bands. The domed cover
is similarly encircled by rings at the center.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam.

$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE:

Property from the Lai Family Collection.
清十八世紀 樺木圓蓋盒

930
A HUAMU BRUSH POT
18TH CENTURY

The brush pot is attractively carved from one
large burl of golden honey-yellow tone.
6º in. (15.9 cm.) diam.

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE:

Property from the Lai Family Collection.

Burl woods were commonly used for scholar’s
objects and were chosen for their richly textured
surface. The simple and restrained form of the
brush pot, such as the present example, was the
ideal object to showcase the highly patterned
and variegated colors inherent to burl.
Compare a slightly larger (18.5 cm. high) huamu
brush pot, dated to the late 17th-early 18th
century, in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
and illustrated by R. Jacobsen, Classical Chinese
Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, 1999, pp. 238-9, pl. 94.

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