Sale 11929
New York
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17 March 2016
Price realised
USD 47,500
Estimate
A BROWN-LACQUERED PORCELAIN MODEL OF A QIN MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911) The bridge sits on two short hoof-form feet, and the form tapers down to the rounded end, fitted with serpentine pegs on the base. The qin is covered overall in a warm, brown lacquer, with an inscription on one side reading Da Ming Chenghua er nian Defu chong xiu (relacquered in the House of De in the second year of the Chenghua Reign). 44 ¼ in. (112.4 cm.) long
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Literature
M. Knight, 'Scholar's Objects in the Ian and Susan Wilson Collection', Orientations, May 1999, p. 51, fig. 5.
Exhibited
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2002-2015.
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