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           A CARNELIAN AGATE ‘DRAGON        清乾隆
           CARP’ VASE AND IVORY STAND       南紅瑪瑙巧作魚龍花插 及 染色牙雕座
           QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
           PERIOD

           the opaque white portion of the stone skilfully
           carved as a leaping carp, its mouth wide opened
           and hollowed forming the vase, further detailed
           with long curly whiskers and large rounded eyes
           beneath heavy eyebrows, the rich vermillion-red
           part of the stone worked into cresting waves
           from which the carp leaps, the turbulent waters
           crashing on cragged rocks with leafy lingzhi
           shrubs, with a chilong clambering atop next to a
           ‘flaming pearl’, the stained ivory stand carved as
           swirling waves with lotus, arrowheads and leafy
           millet supported on a wood pedestal
           14.6 cm, 5¾ in.
         ◉  HK$ 300,000-400,000
           US$ 38,400-51,500

























































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