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AN AMBER ‘LOTUS’ WASHER Carved in the form of a furled lotus leaf flanked 清康熙 琥珀雕荷葉式洗
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD by high-relief motifs, the washer continues in the
naturalistic carving style of the Ming dynasty, 來源：
carved in the form of a furled leaf with a small which is also reflected in jade and rhinoceros 香港蘇富比1989年5月17日，編號388
duck, a frog, an insect and crustaceans perched horn carvings. The lotus blossom, crab and duck
on the exterior, the leaf borne on coiling stems on the side convey purity, harmony and fidelity.
issuing lotus buds and a maturing bloom on the See a lotus-form amber washer, also attributed
side, the amber of a rich honey-brown tone to the Kangxi period, in the Art Gallery of Greater
10.5 cm, 4⅛ in. Victoria, Victoria, accession no. 1998.042.116.
Compare also similarly carved vessels
PROVENANCE
fashioned from other organic materials, such
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 17th May 1989, lot 388.
as a rhinoceros horn cup, attributed to the
HK$ 150,000-200,000 17th/18th century, sold at Christie’s London,
US$ 19,200-25,500 7th December 1984, lot 152; and a celadon jade
washer in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated
in Gugong bowuyuan wenwu cangpin daxi. Yuqi
juan/Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade, vol. 10: Qing, Beijing, 2011, pl. 195.