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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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