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188 A LARGE ROCK CRYSTAL VASE AND COVER
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic Period
The deeply hollowed clear stone carved as a vase
surrounded by a long-tailed phoenix, crane, and
deer each grasping leafy sprigs with blooms or
lingzhi fungus, the vase supported around the
base with reticulated lingzhi fungus issuing further
branches and a gnarled pine tree, the cover
surmounted by phoenix grasping a leafy spray
issuing blooming flowers, stand.
38cm (15in) high (3).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000
CNY28,000 - 46,000

清末/民國 水晶鶴鹿同春大蓋壺

Provenance: a distinguished European private
collection, acquired in Paris in 1959

來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏, 於1959年前購自巴黎

Compare with a similar rock crystal vase with
phoenix and auspicious plants, illustrated in Qing dai
yu zhi mei, Taipei, 1997, pl.127.

188
A TURQUOISE CARVING OF GUANYIN AND
CHILD
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic Period
Crisply carved standing upright with long flowing
robes, her left hand tenderly caressing the head of
the child beside her, with both hands together in
devotion, the deity with serene expression, her head
before a flaming mandorla, the light green stone with
black striations, stand.
20cm (7 7/8in) high (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000
CNY28,000 - 46,000

清末/民國 綠松石送子觀音立像

Provenance: acquired from William Clayton Ltd.,
London in 1959
A distinguished European private collection

來源：
於1959年購自倫敦古董商William Clayton Ltd.
顯貴歐洲私人收藏