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ASIAN FURNITURe
Asian Furniture | Lots 550–572
Tuesday 24 March | 10AM


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551 550 A Huanghuali Reclining Armchair having a revolving cylindrical headrest, flanked by roundels having relief carved peach-laden branches above the rectangular back splat, above a relief carved foliate frieze, with bowed armrests, the seat, splat and headrest each comprised of grooved slats, with openwork apron, raised on block legs. Height 34 7/8 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $2,000-4,000
551 A Contemporary Huanghuali Table having a rectangular top raised on square legs. Height 31 1/2 x width 60 x depth 13 inches. $1,500-2,000
552 A Gilt and Lacquered Altar Table
18TH/19TH CENTURY having a rectangular top with scrolled downturned ends, decorated with figures and landscape executed in gilt. Height 31 5/8 x width 48 3/4 x depth 16 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection $3,000-5,000
553 A Carved Hardwood Altar Table having a rectangular top over a stepped waste and pierced carved sinuous dragon and leiwen apron, raised on block legs, likely cut. Height 29 x width 101 x depth 24 1/8 inches. $1,000-2,000 554 A Hardwood Altar Table the rectangular plank top flanked by scrolled flanges, above the openwork apron and spandrels centered with a bi, raised on block legs terminating in relief carved scrollwork feet. Height 38 x width 59 x depth 15 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $300-500
555 A Hardwood Low Table having a rectangular planked top raised on square legs ending in block feet. Height 15 x width 60 x depth 31 7/8 inches. Property from a Midwest Corporate Collection $800-1,200 556* A Hardwood and Marble Jardinière Stand having a beaded floriform top raised on floral decorated legs, joined by stretchers. Height 23 3/4 x Diameter 12 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Michael Bolling, Deer Park, Illinois
Provenance: Purchased at Sotheby’s Chicago $400-600
557 A Pair of Hardwood Occasional Tables each with a rectangular top raised on square legs joined by a medial shelf above a “cracked ice” stretcher. Height 31 x width 15 x depth 15 inches. Property from a Private Collection $600-800

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558 A Pair of Hardwood Tables each rectangular top raised on cylindrical legs with carved brackets at the knees. Height 32 x width 37 x depth 19 1/2 inches. Property from a Private Collection $2,000-4,000 559 A Pair of Hardwood Low Tables each raised on scroll legs. Height 8 x width 38 1/2 x depth 10 1/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection $500-700 560* A Chinese Relief Carved Hardwood Bench the rectangular back worked to show floral sprays, flanked by similarly worked arms over a rectangular seat raised on square legs ending in scroll feet. Height 31 3/8 x width 71 1/2 x depth 22 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Jamie Daniel, Geneva, Illinois $1,500-2,500
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561 A Carved Hardwood Horseshoe Back Chair having a pierced vertical splat with relief carved decoration depicting a pendant chime, the rectangular plank seat above pierce carved spandrels and block legs joined by a foot rest and stretchers. Height 35 inches. $1,000-2,000
562 A Pair of Carved Wood Armchairs each having a relief carved back depicting lingzhi scrolls. Height 37 inches. $400-600

563 A Pair of Hardwood Armchairs the pierced backs centered with a shuangxi or double happiness character and a bat, each having scrolled open arms and scrollwork relief carved to the crest, apron and feet. Height 38 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
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564* A Hardwood Day Bed having relief carved chilong and lingzhi to the back and side panels, with a woven mat seat and custom made cushions. Width 80 inches. Property from the Collection of William Fisher, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 565 A Three-Panel Floor Screen
19TH/20TH CENTURY inset with silk panels, painted to depict a continuous scene out of ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ (Hong Lou Meng), the wood frame carved with shell and floral decoration. Height 81 1/8 x width 27 3/4 inches (each panel). $1,000-2,000 566 A Four-Panel Screen with porcelain insets. Height 47 x width 15 inches (each panel). Property from a Private Collection, Michigan $1,500-2,500
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567* A Coromandel Six-Panel Folding Screen
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1723) decorated in lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and depicting the eighteen luohan at various pursuits, each shown bearing his traditional attribute, within borders having reserves of four-clawed dragons writhing amidst scrolled clouds and reserves of seasonal floral motifs, the reverse depicting a rockery scene with blossoming peonies, roses and wisteria within borders of landscape reserves. Height of each panel 76 1/2 x width 19 inches. Property from the Collection of Karen M. Kindt, Hinsdale, Illinois $5,000-7,000

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568* A Carved and Polychromed Five-Panel Floor Screen worked to show a village scene to one side, the reverse worked to show various birds amongst sprigs. Height 55 x width 14 inches (each panel). Property from the Estate of James P. and Dorothy W. de Haseth, Lake Forest, Illinois $600-800

569 A Parcel Gilt Red Lacquered Two-Panel Floor Screen each panel having a rectangular mirror plate and openworked reserves depicting Daoist emblems. Height 76 1/4 x width 49 x depth 2 inches. $600-800
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570 A Carved Hardwood Panel of rectangular form, relief carved to depict a scholar holding a book and an attendant bearing a tray holding a wine pot and a wine cup, bamboo and rockery on the side, inscribed with calligraphy. Height 11 x width 16 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Michigan $200-300
571 A Lacquered, Mother-of-Pearl and Hardstone Inlaid Panel of rectangular form, depicting cranes, a pine tree and lingzhi fungus issuing from rockery, all on a turquoise ground, dated Qianlong Bingzi Chun (the spring in year 1816 during Qianlong Period). Height 19 1/4 x width 16 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
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