A RARE PAIR OF LARGE HARDSTONE INLAID HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR SCROLL BOXES AND COVERS

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30.11.2023 11:15UTC +08:00
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Lot 2939 | A RARE PAIR OF LARGE HARDSTONE INLAID HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR SCROLL BOXES AND COVERS
A RARE PAIR OF LARGE HARDSTONE INLAID HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR SCROLL BOXES AND COVERS

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, 27 3⁄8 in. (69.5 cm.) wide, 8 3⁄16 in. (20.8 cm.) deep





Provenance

Yue Huaxuan, acquired in 1984

Sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1384

Marcus Flacks, New York

Chiang Lim Che, Hong Kong



Literature

M. Flacks, Custodians of the Scholar's Way: Chinese Scholars' Objects in Precious Woods, London, 2014, p. 349

Lynn Fung, 100 Scholarly Objects, Hong Kong, 2015, p. 83

M. Flacks, Custodians of the Scholar's Way: Chinese Scholars' Objects in Precious Woods, Beijing, 2017, p. 349



Exhibited

Liang Yi Museum, Scholars And Debutantes: A Contrast of Ascetic And Opulent Luxuries, 1 September 2015- 6 March 2016, no. 83
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