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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
~1220
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER TABLE The central scene on the front of this rare table screen, depicting a tranquil
SCREEN fisherman peacefully awaiting a bite on his line, probably represents the
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY famed military strategist Jiang Ziya (also known as Jiang Taigong). A famous
episode of his life relays the first encounter between Jiang Ziya and King
14º in. (36.3 cm.) high Wen of Zhou, when the king was on a hunting trip near the north bank of the
river Wei and came across Jiang fishing. Jiang went on to become a minister
$12,000-18,000 and close advisor of King Wen and Wu of Zhou, helping the Zhou kingdom
overthrow the Shang.
PROVENANCE:
Gregg Baker, London, June 2001. For a full representation of the first encounter between Jiang Ziya and
King Wen see a famille verte dish illustrated by J. P. Stamen and C. Volk

重要美४珍藏
in A Culture Revealed, Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang
明末清׀ǎ十ˑˠ紀ǎ黑漆螺鈿江邊垂釣圖插屏 Collection, Boston, 2017, pp. 92-93, no. 29.
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(another view)

1219
A LARGE GILT-DECORATED RED LACQUER STAND
18TH CENTURY
9q in. (24.1 cm.) high, 32º in. (81.9 cm.) wide, 13º in. (33.7 cm.) deep

$12,000-18,000

清十Ջˠ紀ǎץ紅描金錦ঃ萬字紋長方座

(detail)