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Lot 254
A LACQUER AND WOOD 'KANG' WITH AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAYS
Estimated Value:
1.500 € - 2.500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China or Korea, ca. 17th c.32,5 x 93 x 51 cm
Kang table with brown-black lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlays. The rectangular top rests on a high waist pierced with ruyi head openings, the short, curved legs end on a ground stretch and are connected by a curved apron with a beaded edge. Scholars and their attendants are depicted next to pine trees and rocks in front of a palace complex.
Collection of the Würzburg painter, Joachim Schlotterbeck (1926 - 2007), acquired from him by the present owner in 1997
Cf. Karamono, Imported Lacquerwork - Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan (Okinawa), no. 128, together with several other inlaid lacquer pieces with similar characteristics - Partly rest., wear and losses to inlays
