Descriptif du lot
A similar bamboo-veneered ‘double-lozenge’ box and cover in The Feng Wen Tang Collection Of Bamboo Carvings and Furniture was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 2853.
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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL BAMBOO-VENEERED 'DOUBLE LOZENGE' BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Details
A SMALL BAMBOO-VENEERED 'DOUBLE LOZENGE' BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The box and cover are shaped as two conjoined rhombuses, and carved and veneered in low relief on the top with archaistic scrolls flanking a wan symbol, and on the sides with abstract kui dragon scrolls.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
The box and cover are shaped as two conjoined rhombuses, and carved and veneered in low relief on the top with archaistic scrolls flanking a wan symbol, and on the sides with abstract kui dragon scrolls.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Harry Nail, Paolo Alto, California, 1960.
John Yeon (1910-1994) Collection, Portland, Oregon.
John Yeon (1910-1994) Collection, Portland, Oregon.