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A HARDWOOD CORNER LEG SIDE
TABLE, BANZHUO
Mid Qing dynasty
With a single panel top set within a
rectangular frame, with upward turned lotus
lappets above the waist, the shoulders and
legs carved in relief with a meandering floral
pattern, above openwork aprons with sinuous
kuilong interlaced with archaic scrolls, the
dragons chasing flaming pearls, the legs
terminating in thick scroll feet, with beaded
humpback stretchers above the feet.
33 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 43 1/2in (85 x 42.5 x
110.5cm)

$12,000 - 18,000
清中期 硬木雕卷草龍紋馬蹄足半桌

Provenance:
Captain James Victor Query III (1903-1975), a
518 United States Navy Rear Admiral in the Asia-
Pacific Theater, thence by descent

Captain Query was a recipient of the
Yangtze Service Medal and the Asiatic-
Pacific Campaign Medal among other
commendations for his service in China, which
ended in 1950.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
COLLECTION, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
519 Y
A RETICULATED HARDWOOD OVOID
BOX AND COVER
Qing dynasty
The two fitted halves closing to form a
compressed melon or gourd-shaped
container enmeshed within a swirling lattice of
raised relief and undercut chilong and lingzhi
patterns, the wood of uniform dark purplish
hue.
3 1/2in (9cm) long (2).
$1,500 - 2,500

清 硬木鏤雕螭龍靈芝紋蓋盒

Provenance:
A Private Collection, Northern California
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