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A RARE AND UNUSUAL LACQUERED WOOD FAUX 'CORAL BRANCH'
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The 'coral branch' is covered in an orange-colored lacquer and issues from amidst two smaller 'coral' pieces set in a quatrelobed lacquer jardinière raised on four short feet. One side is painted with two figures paddling a raft amidst pine trees, with a crane in flight above a pavilion in the distance.
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high

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Michael D. Stevenson Collection (1947-2011).
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The use of coral and imitation coral as decorative elements in the Palace was widespread throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. See Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Hong Kong, 1987, figs. 8, and 61-62, for three coral-inset jardinières dated to the Qianlong period. Compare, also, another larger (56.3 cm.) faux coral 'branch' in a gilt-copper jardinière, sold at Christie's, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1412, where it was dated 18th/19th century.

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