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Lot 56
Sale 785 - Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Sep 24, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$700 -
900
Price Realized
$1,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Silver and Hardstone Mounted Double Gourd
LATE QING DYNASTY
清晚期 葫蘆鑲銀嵌寶蓋盒
the gourd encased within a silver openwork network of leafy vines bearing fruiting gourds, inlaid with coral, malachite and other stones, each lobe decorated with roundels enclosing characters reading hu xiao shan lin, long you cang hai (tiger roaring in the mountain, dragon swimming in the sea), raised on a later hardwood stand.
the gourd encased within a silver openwork network of leafy vines bearing fruiting gourds, inlaid with coral, malachite and other stones, each lobe decorated with roundels enclosing characters reading hu xiao shan lin, long you cang hai (tiger roaring in the mountain, dragon swimming in the sea), raised on a later hardwood stand.
Height 15 1/2 x width 4 1/2 in., 9.4 x 11.4 cm.
Property from a Private Chicago Estate