Sale 3722
New York
|
17 September 2015
Price realised
USD 10,000
Estimate
A HONGMU FAN-SHAPED DISPLAY CASE 19TH CENTURY The glass-paneled display case fits into the fan-shaped stand, the platform of which is encircled by a pierced gallery carved with archaistic scrollwork and is raised on a narrow waist and an apron of stylized ruyi cloud, all above inward-curved legs on a base stretcher of conforming shape. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) wide, 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1980s.
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