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A fine and rare black lacquer box
and cover
Yuan dynasty
Length: 14 3/4 in, 37.5 cm
of oval form with twelve lobes, the box is supported on a spreading foot.
115
A fine carved red lacquer box
Ming dynasty, 16th century
Diameter: 2 3/8 in, 6 cm
of circular form, the top is decorated with two scholars
116
A fine carved red lacquer box and cover
Ming dynasty
Diameter: 3 1/2 in, 8.9 cm
of circular, shallow-domed form, and supported on a very short foot ring.
117
A very fine, small carved red lacquer
cosmetic box
Ming dynasty, 16th century
Diameter: 1 3/4 in, 4.4 cm
of circular form, the box and the cover are superbly carved with almost identical decoration of a phoenix, with a short crest
118
A fine and rare carved red lacquer
stem cup
Mid-Ming dynasty
Diameter: 6 3/8 in, 16.3 cm
supported on a spreading foot, the vessel flares widely to a slightly everted rim.
119
A fine and rare carved three-colour
lacquer dish (ticai )
Wanli period, dated 1589
Diameter: 10 1/8 in, 25.8 cm
carved with a medallion containing peony and chrysanthemum emerging from a fantastic rock

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120
A pair of fine, three-tiered carved red
lacquer boxes
Qianlong period
Height: 8 1/8 in, 20.5 cm
of square section with indented corners.
121
A very fine carved three-colour,
nine-dragon lacquer box and cover (ticai )
Qianlong period
Diameter: 11 3/8 in, 28.8 cm
of cushion shape, supported on a straight ring foot.
122
A very fine and rare, four-tiered carved
two-colour lacquer box
Qianlong period
Height: 10 1/4 in, 26 cm
of elaborate ingot shape and carved through the red surface to a deep green ground.
123
A pair of fine inlaid black lacquer trays
Kangxi period
Maximum width: 5 3/4 in, 14.6 cm
of hexagonal form with indented corners.
124
A very fine inlaid black lacquer panel
Kangxi period
52 x 371/2 in, 132 x 95.2 cm
depicting two long-tailed, crested birds perched in a flowering magnolia tree
125
A fine inlaid black lacquer cabinet
Kangxi period
13 3/8 x 10 1/8 x 13 1/8 in, 34 x 25.6 x 33.4 cm
the top is decorated in lacquer and mother-of-pearl and hardstone inlay with a scene of figures in a corridor leading out over a river
126
An extremely fine and rare ivory tea case
Late 18th century
6 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 4 in, 16.5 x 10.4 x 10 cm
of rectangular form and with its original two silver-gilt caddies and spoon.
127
A fine ivory carving
18th century
Height: 2 1/2 in, 6.4 cm
pierced and carved as two gourds on leafy, flowering stems and trailing tendrils.
128
A fine bamboo root water vessel
18th century
Length: 4 in, 10.2 cm
naturalistically carved in the form of half a finger citron on a leafy stem with smaller fruits and flowers.
129
An ivory group of a mother and child
Late Ming dynasty
Height: 2 5/8 in, 6.7 cm
the woman sits with her left knee raised, cradling her child who is balanced on her right knee
130
A rootwood ruyi sceptre
18th century
Length: 16 in, 40.5 cm
the gnarled root has a long, twisting shaft and an irregularly shaped head off to one side.
131
A fine huali wood tea case
Circa 1780
11 3/4 x 7 1/8 x 6 3/4 in, 30 x 18 x 17 cm
of rectangular form, the wood is carved with knots to resemble root.
132
A good bamboo and cane chair
Circa 1800
Height: 39 in, 99 cm
of hexagonal form with a plaited cane seat.