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A SMALL HUANGHUALI AND DALISHI MARBLE TABLE SCREEN LATE MING DYNASTY
Estimate
80,000 - 150,000 HKD
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Description
- huanghuali (Dalbergia odorifera)
the rectangular creamy-beige dalishi marble panel with white, grey and brown inclusions, mounted in a huanghuali frame above a cusped spandrelled apron
Exhibited
The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Macao Museum of Art, Macau, 2003.
Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007, cat. no. 60, pp. 172-173.
Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007, cat. no. 60, pp. 172-173.
Condition
The table screen is overall in good condition. As visible in the catalogue photo, there is a crack to the stone at the base of the screen. Other minor surface wear.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"Inkstone screens are delicate table-top additions to the scholar's implements of brush, inkpot, and inksticks that is little known and recognised."
Table screens of this size are called yanping (inkstone screen); they are used for shielding ground ink from wind. Refer to the 15th century handscroll by Xie Huan, A Literary Gallery in the Apricot Garden in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, where a similar screen is placed next to an inkstone.
See Li Chu-Tsing and James C Y Watt, eds., The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period, New York, 1987, p. 125 for a smaller screen made of zitan excavated from the Wanli period (1573-1620) tomb of Zhu Shoucheng in Gucun zhen, Baoshan xian, Shanghai.