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A SONGHUA STONE ‘LOTUS’ 清十八 / 十九世紀 松花石雕蓮
BRUSHWASHER 塘佳色圖荷葉形洗
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY
naturalistically carved in high relief in the form
of a large lotus leaf supported on a central
twisting stem issuing two leafing lotus buds
and a small conical shell, the sides carved
with aquatic life including scuttling crabs, fish
swimming amid leafy stems, and paddling
ducks, all among overlapping furling leaves,
the shallow incurving sides forming the vessel,
the stone a dark grayish-green transmuting to
ocher-yellow tinged with russet, wood stand (2)
Length 10¾ in., 27.3 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
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