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AN IMPRESSED GOURD CRICKET CAGE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG – JIAQING PERIOD
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description
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impressed with a four-character hall mark reading Yizhitang zhi, each character enclosed within a circle suspending an endless knot, intercepted by bats grasping tasselled shou characters, old silk pouch and Japanese wood box
Catalogue Note
Yizhitang is a hall located in the Chengde Summer Mountain Resort, Hebei province. Duing the Qianlong period, the Emperor named a total of thirty-six sceneries in the resort, and Yizhitang was ranked as the ninth.