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CHINE, XIXEME-XXEME SIECLE
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PAIRE DE PANNEAUX EN LAQUE ET INCRUSTATIONS
CHINE, XIXEME-XXEME SIECLE
Each rectangular red lacquered panel is inlaid in bone, hardstone and wood with an Immortal. One panel depicts Shoulao and his deer each holding a peach and standing next to a pine tree, the other one depicts He Xiangu holding a ewer and her phoenix grasping a branch of lingzhi fungus beside a fruiting peach tree. The reverse of the panels is gilt with the one hundred shou characters.
52 ¾ in. (134 cm.) high, stands
CHINE, XIXEME-XXEME SIECLE
Each rectangular red lacquered panel is inlaid in bone, hardstone and wood with an Immortal. One panel depicts Shoulao and his deer each holding a peach and standing next to a pine tree, the other one depicts He Xiangu holding a ewer and her phoenix grasping a branch of lingzhi fungus beside a fruiting peach tree. The reverse of the panels is gilt with the one hundred shou characters.
52 ¾ in. (134 cm.) high, stands
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, 9 December 1999, lot 16.
Property from the Collection of the Ghezzi Family, Switzerland.
Property from the Collection of the Ghezzi Family, Switzerland.
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A PAIR OF RED-LACQUERED INLAID PANELS
CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
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