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1183 A MOTTLED CREAMY WHITE AND PALE RUSSET AGATE TREE
TRUNK-FORM VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Carved as a pine tree trunk with leafy bamboo to one side, several lingzhi
sprigs around the base and a crane perched on one of the branches
beside a bat in front, the stone of mottled, warm, creamy white and pale
russet tone, with a few dark inclusions in the lower section
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high, nanmu stand
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1982.
Roger Keverne, London.
The Irving Collection, no. 526.
EXHIBITED
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and
Ceramics - Summer Exhibition, 2008.
LITERATURE
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics -
Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, p. 122, no. 101.
清十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙鏤雕樹樁形花插

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