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A CARNELIAN AGATE ‘DRAGON CARP’ VASE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
the substantial stone carved as two carp leaping from
tumultuous waves, with mouths wide open and hollowed
forming the vases, with bulging eyes and scaly bodies, all
flanked by prominent lingzhi, the stone a milky-white tone
with vermillion-red highlights
Height 15.5 cm, 6⅛ in.
The present piece is of remarkably large size, the
movement of the mythical creatures depicted with great
vigour. Compare to a related example in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan lidai
yishuguan chenpiepin tumu, Beijing, 1991, pl. 1314.
£ 18,000-22,000
HK$ 176,000-215,000 US$ 22,500-27,500
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