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A pair of embellished black lacquer plaques Qing dynasty, 19th…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
25-Oct-2016
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Description:
A pair of embellished black lacquer plaques Qing dynasty, 19th century, (2), each of stepped rectangular form, inlaid in jade, polychrome painted bone and ivory on the black ground, one with a central vase of peony and other flowers, surrounded by archaistic bi discs, a miniature landscape with chilong, boys playing around a Buddhist lion, and a vase holding a halberd and auspicious objects, the other with a central vase of chrysanthemum and other flowers surrounded by an elephant carrying a vase on its back, a vase holding similar auspicious objects, a persimmon, a ruyi sceptre, a recumbent horse with a monkey on its back, and a figure seated beneath a pine tree conjuring a boy with a lotus flower, all within the cinnabar lacquer frame carved with flowers and angular scrolls, (2), 67 x 96.5 cm
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Category:
Oriental: Zother