6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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‡ A CHINESE SILVER-WIRE INLAID WOOD FIGURE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER OF THE WEST, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
finely carved depicting the Queen Mother of the West seated cross-legged on a phoenix with silver-wire inlaid details, all supported on a rockwork base, 47cm high
Provenance: Property from the Zulficar Family Collection, Alexandria.
一件银丝嵌木西王母像，清代（公元1636年－1912年）
finely carved depicting the Queen Mother of the West seated cross-legged on a phoenix with silver-wire inlaid details, all supported on a rockwork base, 47cm high
Provenance: Property from the Zulficar Family Collection, Alexandria.
Auction: Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026, 6th May, 2026
Highlights of Olympia Auctions' Chinese and Japanese works of art sale include an Imperially inscribed jade mountain from an Italian Noble family, a superb cloisonne enamel 'Egret' vase by the studio of Namikawa Sosuke from the property of an English Gentleman and a private Scottish Collection of Chinese works of art including bamboo carvings and jades. Other British private collections include Chinese snuff bottles predominantly collected in the first half of the 20th Century, and a collection of Japanese Satsuma ceramics including a large and impressive koro and cover.
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