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Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 304

Chinese Hardwood Lacquered, Stone

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
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$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
and Porcelain-Inset Four-Panel Room Screen Qing Dynasty, fronts elaborately decorated with applied urns, flowers and other auspicious objects, applied bone characters and ornaments, set on a gilt and lacquered ground, each with round blue and white porcelain panel at bottom, back with lacquered, painted and parcel gilt flowers, through-tenon hardwood frame, each panel 77-1/2 x 20 in.. Condition: painted backs with extensive flaking especially at bottoms, other abrasions and distress, the fronts generally good condition with minor losses to applied ornament. Provenance: Madame S. W. Cheng and Moon Gate in Singapore, September 1969. Receipt describes it as "four-panel antique screen inlaid with old Jade and Antique porcelain From: The early Ching - Kang Shi 1662 to Chien - Lung 1736" and "declared to be true and authentic by Mr. T. K. Wong, owner and operator of Foochow Art Gallery in Kowloon, Hong Kong" (accompanied by copy of receipt); Private Collection, Shelby, North Carolina

Condition

painted backs with extensive flaking especially at bottoms, other abrasions and distress, the fronts generally good condition with minor losses to applied ornament