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Chinese Export Furniture

CHINESE EXPORT STYLE

Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.

The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.

Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.

Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Chinese Export
Antique Chinese Export Silver Cricket Box by Cum Wo
By Cum Wo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export silver box. By Cum Wo. In solid silver. Likely intended to house pet crickets. With highly detailed dragon and cloud patterns with openwork. The li...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silver

Mid-Century Chinese Export Style Tanzu Chest by Thomasville
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century Chinese Export style Tanzu chest by Thomasville. It is two smaller drawers over two larger drawers and one cabinet. It is marked and has lite wear. The iron cor...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Iron

Chinese Carved Gilt Wood Panels or Screen, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming 19th century Chinese carved and gilt wood 3 panel screen. The panels are carved in high relief with multiple figures and architectural elements. The panels are pai...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mid Century Rose Medallion Vase Mounted as Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid Century Rose Medallion Vase Mounted as Lamp. Measures 8 " in width, 8 " in depth and 18.5" height
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Enamel, Brass

Large Chinese Export Style Famille Rose Planters / Jardinieres, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of large Chinese Famille Rose style planters. They are hand painted and lined with swimming koi fish. The body is painted with fruit and pastoral scenes. They are in v...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese 8 Panel Black Coromandel Folding Screen w/Gilded & Hand Painted Intaglio
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage Chinese 8 panel coromandel folding screen or room divider with gilded & hand painted intaglio designs & patinated brass hinges &...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Vintage Chinese Eight Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Chinese eight panel coromandel screen composed of wood and lacquer. This screen depicts daily life on one side and a landscape with birds and fauna on the other side.
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Chinese White Glazed Wang Bin Rong Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Chinese white glaze porcelain brush pot of cylindrical shape finely moulded in relief with duelling dragons above waves with leaping fish and other moulded decorat...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Spill Vases
Located in Glasgow, GB
This pair of Chinese Export porcelain vases, dating to the early 20th century, is finely hand-decorated in the Famille Rose palette, a celebrated colour tradition within Qing dynasty...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Long Antique Altar Table, Oriental Elm, Display, Hall, Qing Dynasty, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a long antique altar table. An Oriental, Asian Elm hallway, display or serving table, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Graced with commanding proportion and ...
Category

1850s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese Jun Ware Blue & Red Hares Fur Glazed Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish good quality Chinese Jun Ware pottery bowl decorated with blue over red hares fur glazes and dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. The well potted bowl stands r...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Chinoiserie Wallpaper Screen, Four Panels
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th Century Four Panel Hand-Painted Chinese Screen. Painting depicts a serene landscape and courtly life scene, executed in soft, atmospheric tones of celadon green, slate blu...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Paper

A pair of 1960s Turquoise Glazed Ceramic Chinese Pho Dogs
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This pair of 1960s turquoise glazed ceramic Chinese Pho Dogs (also known as Foo Dogs or Fu Lions) are decorative guardian figures that reflect traditional Chinese symbolism and craft...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Early 20th Century Antique Pung Chow Mah-Jong Game Set
Located in Pomona, CA
Up for your consideration is an exquisite Antique Pung Chow Mah-jong set, dating back to circa 1920s. The tiles are made of Bakelite that has embossed and hand painted characters. I...
Category

Early 20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bakelite

Chinoiserie Red & Gold Painted Lacquer 4 Panel Screen With Black & Gold Border
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
just in this very good looking vintage Chinese painted screen. made in Hong Kong, early 20th C. This Chinoiserie Red & Gold Painted LacquerScreen With Black & Gold Border. has four p...
Category

1920s Hong Kong Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Longquan Celadon Brush Washer, Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Located in Bilzen, BE
Chinese Longquan celadon brush washer, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), covered with a sea green glaze, the sides slightly everted at the rim, rising on a tapered foot. Presented o...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace, Shanghai, c. 1930–1940 129 grams, 4.5" W × 3.5" H × 0.33" D (8.75" W open) A rare and historically s...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Porcelain Blanc de Chine Guanyin statue, China circa 1900 - 51cm
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A porcelain Blanc de Chine Guanyin statue standing on a fine lotus flowers and leaves decoration ; China circa 1900. This is a tall piece to place on a large mantel or a commode, the...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Carved Stone Foo Dogs, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Chinese carved stone foo dogs. Very nice substantial size. Each with moveable ball in mouth. 6.5" x 4" wide 9" tall. Add some Asian style to your design project.
Category

1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Stone

Chinese Export Ceramic Pottery Hand Painted Turquoise Ducks - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of Chinese Export ceramic pottery ducks. They are hand painted and unmarked.. They most likely date to the 60s. They are in very good condition.
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Kangxi period Plate porcelain Finely Hand Decorated, circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, (1662-1722), circa 1700. The plate is of large dinner plate size with a 10 inch di...
Category

Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Rose Medallion Hand Painted, Qing, circa 1875
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export, porcelain, Rose Medallion dish or plate which we date to the 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1875. I...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Chess Set with Immortals & Hardwood Campaign Lacquered Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Chess Set with Immortals & Campaign Lacquered Board Circa 1960s This exquisite Chinese chess set with immortals and a campaign lacquered board is a striking combination of...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Composition, Brass

Pair #3 Chinese Export Porcelain Green Sancai Glazed Parrots
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair #3: Chinese Export Porcelain Green Sancai Glazed Parrots China, Late 19th Century This fine pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Green Sancai Glazed Parrots, crafted in the late 1...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Small Chinese Export Cloisonné Lidded Box decorated with peaches, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export cloisonné lidded box which we date to the 20th century, Circa 1930. The box has a cylindrical shape, with its original lid and is all beauti...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Painting on Scroll Paper, China 19th Century, Birds and Nature Decor
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Chinese painting on paper, which is unrolled once hung on the wall. It is a painting that depicts birds in nature, in the style of the 18th c...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Paper

Large Italian A.Santini Faux Ivory Tusk Carving God of Longevity Chinoiserie 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A huge Italian A.Santini faux ivory resin sculpture in a curved tusk form, standing 25" tall, of a detailed Chinese god of Longevity standing with a child, mounted upon a stand with ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Resin

Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Courtyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional 20th century Chinese export six panel coromandel screen featuring a busy idyllic courtyard scene with a dramatic gilt background. The screen has six panels lacquered and ...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Frederick Cooper Bronze Chinese Warrior & Horse Table Lamp
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 1970s cast bronze Chinese warrior on horseback table lamp by Frederick Cooper. It is such a handsome piece! The lamp is in working order...
Category

Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

South East Asian Handcrafted Bone Inlay Rosewood CocktailTable
Located in Germantown, MD
A South East Asian Handcrafted Bone Inlay Rosewood Cocktail / Coffee Table in great vintage condition. Measures 42" in width, 20.5" in depth and 18" in height.
Category

Late 20th Century Indonesian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bone, Rosewood

Chinese porcelain Mai-ping form vase, c. 1775-1800
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese porcelain mai-ping form vase with standing rim over a bulbous shoulder tapering to a flared foot. The overall decoration is finely executed cobalt blue delineation of the tra...
Category

Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

South East Asian Handcrafted Bone Marquetry Rosewood Center Table Breakfast Tabl
Located in Germantown, MD
South East Asian Handcrafted Bone Marquetry Rosewood Center Table Breakfast Tabl Measures 42" in width, 42" in depth and 30" in height. Knee clerance is 26.25".
Category

Late 20th Century Indonesian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bone, Rosewood

19th Century Chinese Cinnabar Vase as Table Lamp
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a stunning Chinese cinnabar vase is intricately carved with Chinese figures and natural elements, situated on a wood base. 19th century. The size of the vase only is 11,81 in...
Category

1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage Set Of Wall Panels, Chinese, Lacquer, Mother of Pearl, Oriental Display
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage set of decorative wall panels. A Chinese, lacquer and Mother of Pearl inlaid Oriental display panel, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Striking colour ...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Contemporary Korean Thousand Cranes Moon Jar
Located in New York, NY
Impressive hand made Thousand Cranes Moon Vase, in perfect, undamaged condition. The vase features an allover pattern repeat of cranes in flight executed in classic Celadon glaze. Th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Korean Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Chinese Republic Porcelain Panels, Scholars in Landscape, Inscribed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Chinese Republic Porcelain Panels, Scholars in Landscape, Inscribed  China, 20th Century A beautiful pair of Chinese Republic period porcelain...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks, A Pair, Circa 1765 The pair of Chinese maiden candlesticks are each in the form of a Chinese m...
Category

1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Courtyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning 20th century Chinese export lacquered six-panel coromandel screen depicting a lush courtyard over a dramatic gold leaf ground. The lacquered panels are incised and painted w...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Japonaise Painting in a Wood Frame, Representing a Woman, Japan, XX Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an genuine painting, of a woman, with green and orange colors. It has been made in Japan, during the XX Century. It is signed.
Category

20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paint

Pair of Antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine antique Chinese porcelain vases In the Rose Medallion style. With 4 gilt handles around the neck in the form of foo dogs and lizards. The mouth/rim of the vase is f...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Porcelain Table Lamp With Foo Dogs on Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century Chinese Familie Rose Style Porcelain Vase Table Lamp. This ceramic urn has been converted into a table lamp an old wooden circular base and later refitted on a square fr...
Category

1880s Italian Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Lucite, Wood

Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Decorated Red Frame Wall Mirror
Located in Germantown, MD
A fine Chinoiserie decorated hanging wall mirror. Measures 20" in width and 36" in height
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Paint

Unique Pair of Chinese Carved Cinnabar Vase, Same Shape, Different Decoration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unique Pair of Chinese Carved Cinnabar Vase, Same Shape, Different Decoration, China, Cultural Revolution Period 1966-1976 The vases are accompani...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Pair Antique Chinese Carved Celadon Jade Guardian Lions ROC Early 20th Century
Located in Richmond, CA
This exquisite pair of celadon jade guardian lions hails from the early Republic of China period, a testament to the era's craftsmanship. The lions are intricately carved from high-q...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Jade

South East Asian Handcrafted Bone Inlay Rosewood Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A South East Asian Handcrafted Bone Inlay Rosewood Side Table in great vintage condition. Measures 27" in width, 17" in depth and 25" in height.
Category

Late 20th Century Indonesian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bone, Rosewood

Blue & White Chinese Export Orchid Pot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming blue & white Chinese export porcelain orchid pot.
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Porcelain Blanc De Chine Dragon Vase
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese Porcelain Dragon Vase with storage case. It features lotus leaves and dragons. They are in excellent condition and marked. Box measures: 6.25” tall x 18.75” long x 6.75” deep
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats, A Pair, Circa 1850-60 The Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion Garden Seats are of a hexagonal barrel form with gilded studs repr...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Speckle Glazed Onion Shape Bottle Shaped Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Chinese onion shape bottle vase decorated in mottled glazes dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. The stoneware vase stands raised on a narrow round foot and ha...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Round Lidded Box 19th Century CO#01
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Chinese cloisonné enamel round box with lid depicting floral patterns all around, blue, yellow, pink, yellow, and red flowers and leaves, cyan, green and yellow leaves, 19th ...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Copper

Antique Chinese Export Silver Dragon Epergne Flower Vase by Kwan Wo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export silver epergne or flower vase. By Kwan Wo of Canton and Hong Kong (active ca. 1875 - 1940). The epergne with 4 horn shaped, tapered arms or vases, a r...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silver

Large Chinese Export Famille Rose Medallion Porcelain Charger, Mid-19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A richly enameled Chinese Export porcelain charger in the classic Famille Rose Medallion palette, dating to the mid-19th century, Qing Dynasty, circa 1850. This large dish exemplifie...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White Platter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Qing Dynasty style under-glazed platter featuring a basket of flowers Beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain with varying shades of cobalt blue Excellent condition.
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Famille Rose Hand Painted C-1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite 18th-century Chinese export porcelain bowl was hand-painted during the Qianlong era, circa 1770, using colored enamels in the Famille Rose palette. Pink peonies in ful...
Category

1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Vintage Chinese Export Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs 13"
Located in Atlanta, GA
This finely modeled pair of porcelain guardian lions—commonly referred to as “Foo Dogs”—is rendered in a brilliant turquoise glaze, a hallmark of Chinese decorative ceramics popular ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Chinese Black Egg Art Pottery Planter
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Large Chinese black egg art pottery pot or planter featuring an Asian dragon, with great color. Dated 19th century, these pots were used for storage of black "...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Black Enamel Cloisonné Chrysanthemum Flower Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese black enamel cloisonné and brass ginger jar vase with chrysanthemum flowers, dogwood flowers and a butterfly and beautiful rich colors. Hand crafted on solid brass.
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Chinese Export Coromandel Lacquer and Gilt Six Fold Screen
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese Export Coromandel lacquer and gilt six fold screen. Exceptional and rare six panel intaglio lacquer carving from the mid-20th century. It depi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Chinese Export Dowry Box / Trunk On Stand Or Coffee Table Depicting Horses.
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a Chinese Export style dowry trunk on ebonized base. It is beautifully painted and depicts a Chinese ceremonial horse parade. The brass hardware is intentionally weathered. I...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Dragon Tall Cabinet
Located in Pomona, CA
This Antique Tibetan Painted Tall Cabinet is 100% hand made and hand painted using mineral painting which last the paint a much longer time. You can see some of the finish has alread...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Wang Hing & Co., Luen Wo, and Hung Chong & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $40 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,998.

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