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A SMALL AGATE WATER POT
18th/19th century
Carved naturalistically as a pine trunk section with branches in low
relief to the exterior, the stone of a greyish tone with deep ochre
inclusions, cleverly worked into the design.
6cm (2 3/8in) wide

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000 HK$29,000 - 49,000

Compare with a similar water pot, 18th century, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of the Palace Museum, Small Refined Articles of
Study, p.203, no. 193.

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AN AGATE ‘PRUNUS TRUNK’ BRUSH HOLDER
The semi-translucent stone of a grey and russet tone, with a large
crystalline inclusion to the side, carved in shallow relief as a tree trunk
flanked by gnarled, flowering branches of prunus.
8cm (3 1/8in) high

£2,500 - 3,000
CNY22,000 - 26,000 HK$24,000 - 29,000

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AN AGATE ‘PEA POD’ SHAPED BOX AND COVER
Late Qing Dynasty or later
Modelled as a pea pod hanging from a gnarled, leafy tendril and
flanked by a smaller pod, the interior with two peas, the side later
incised ‘yu wan’.
9cm (3 1/2in) long (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 29,000

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