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765 A LAPIS LAZULI BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH
A RED AGATE ‘RUYI’ WASHER CENTURY
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
carved in relief on both sides with a mountainous landscape,
the hollowed vessel carved in the form of a ruyi head, borne a scholar and attendant standing in the foreground beneath a
on a gnarled branch issuing further ruyi, one side with a knotted pine and a pavilion on a high cli in the distance, the
clambering chilong below the rim, the lustrously polished stone lower portion with micaceous gold ecks carved to form waves
of a variegated red and white color, wood stand (2) and rocky shores
Width 3½ in., 9 cm Width 3¼ in., 8.3 cm
$ 4,000-6,000 Compare a similar example in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in Li Jiufang, ed,. Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji
766 zhongguo yuqi quanji 6 qing, [Compendium of Chinese Jade,
vol. 6], Hebei, 1997, pls 262 and 263.
240 SOTHEBY’S $ 12,000-15,000

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A PAIR OF AGATE CIRCULAR ‘LOTUS’
BOXES AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

each with a domed cover carved in low relief with overlapping
rows of stylized lotus centered by a delicate bud-form knop,
the tted box with two further rows of petals all raised on a
low foot, the stone of translucent pale amber-brown color with
characteristic russet and milky-white rivering, wood stands (4)
Diameter 2½ in., 6.4 cm
PROVENANCE
English Private Collection.
$ 4,000-6,000