A HUANGHUALI SHRINE

Lot 1115
29.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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HKD 478 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1331424
Lot 1115 | A HUANGHUALI SHRINE
Estimate value
HKD 180 000 – 320 000
A HUANGHUALI SHRINE
LATE MING DYNASTY-EARLY QING DYNASTY
This shrine is shaped like a gatehouse. Three single boards are inserted into the base, and one on top creating the shrine cavity. The base stretchers are carved with curvilinear silhouettes and two uprights rise from the corners in front with low railings, encircling an anteroom-like space in front of the shrine cavity, the central part left open. Openwork carved panels of chi-dragons are inset into the railings. On top of the anteroom are eaves, guayan, on all three sides, inset with openwork panels of floral, shou character and antique coin pattern. The shrine cavity has long aprons on the sides while the one on top is fitted with short columns carved with lotus buds and leaves.
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) wide, 9 5/16 in. (23.6 cm.) deep, 17 3/8 in. (44 cm.) high




Provenance

The MQJ Collection, Hong Kong



Literature

Grace Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, p. 283
Grace Wu, The Best of the Best- The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture- vol. 2, Beijing, 2017, pp. 502-503
Grace Wu, Three Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2024, p. 288



Exhibited

Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The Best of the Best- The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture, 29 September-2 October 2017
Christie’s Hong Kong, A Special Exhibition of the MQJ Collection, 11-15 October 2024
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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