Lot n° 107
Estimation :
8000 - 12000
EUR
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: 48 640EUR
CHINA - Late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Early... - Lot 107 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
CHINA - Late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Rectangular wooden table inlaid with mother-of-pearl rectangular medallions decorated with stylized flowers in foliage. The sides adorned with friezes of double grecques surmounting lotus flowers in their foliage and stylized motifs.
(Lack of lacquer, feet enhanced).
Height : 28 cm - Width : 77 cm
Depth : 45 cm
Height with highlights: 33.5 cm
Below, a plaque bearing the inscription:
"Campagne de Chine
Table from the Summer Palace (Yuan-Ming-Yuan)
From the Emperor of China in Peking
Offered to Mr. Le Cte Léon de Bastard
Secretary of the French Embassy
By Mr. Smith
Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Corps
October 1860"
Provenance: descendants of Count Léon de Bastard.
Exhibition:
1865, Paris, Palais de l'Industrie, Union centrale - Art Rétrospectif (label reproduced).
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