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9/2/2020 Important Chinese Art | Sotheby's
Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 676
A CARNELIAN 'PR UNUS AND LINGZHI' DOUBLE VASE, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD
A CARNELIAN 'PRUNUS AND LINGZHI' DOUBLE VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
清十八 / 十九世紀 紅玉髓雕梅樁形花插
the milky white stone carved as two gnarled tree trunks forming the receptacles, conjoined by twisting branches and at the base,
the vermilion extremities of the stone skillfully incorporated as stems of lingzhi and scattered prunus flowers in varying stages of
bloom, the stone with icy veining
Length 5¼ in., 13.4 cm
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 259/435
