Lot #175 - A pair of embellished black lacquer plaques Qing dynasty, 19th century
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Auction House:Sotheby's Australia
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Sale Name:Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
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Sale Date:25 Oct 2016 ~ 6pm
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Lot #:175
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Lot Description:A pair of embellished black lacquer plaques Qing dynasty, 19th century
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
67 x 96.5 cm -
Estimate:A$18,000 - 20,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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