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A MAGNIFICENT AND 清乾隆 粉晶雕雙魚花插
EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL
ROSE-QUARTZ ‘DRAGON
CARP’ VASE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD
the substantial stone carved in the form of a large and a
smaller carp leaping from a bed of turbulent swirling waves,
each fish detailed with a scaly body with dorsal and pectoral
fins, their eyes inlaid with tiger’s eye stone bosses, the larger
fish with its mouth agape showing sharp teeth and hollowed to
form a vase, carved in high relief to the exterior with a sinuous
striding dragon, the stone of a translucent rose-pink tone with
icy inclusions, the wood stand deftly carved in openwork with
lotus dispersed amongst flowing waves
22.2 cm, 8¾ in.
HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 128,000-192,000
118 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
