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A rare 'hongmu' sugarcane squeezer, Qing dynasty | 清 紅木榨床
Auction Closed
March 17, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A rare 'hongmu' sugarcane squeezer
Qing dynasty
清 紅木榨床
modeled as a rectangular bench with a sloping single-panel top carved to one end with a channel and spout, supported below by a pair of splayed legs at each end conjoined by a stretcher, the legs at the lower end extending through the panel to form an A-frame fitted with an upper stretcher and capped by a finial carved as a bundle of sugarcane, the separately carved spatula-shaped lever inserts between the upper stretcher and the panel to press the sugarcane when in use (2)
Width 17 ¾ in., 45.2 cm
Collection of Dr. S.Y. Yip.
Christie's New York, 20th September 2002, lot 67.
來源
攻玉山房收藏
紐約佳士得2002年9月20日，編號67
Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991.
National Heritage Board, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 1996-1999.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1999.
展覽
香港中文大學文物館，1991年
國家文物局，亞洲文明博物館，新加坡，1996至1999年
當代藝術學會，倫敦，1999年
Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. no. 64.
出版
伍嘉恩，《攻玉山房藏明式黃花梨家具：楮檀室夢旅》，香港，1991年，編號64