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清十九世紀 水晶蓮藕筆擱一對
PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF RARE ROCK CRYSTAL ‘LOTUS 來源：
ROOT’ BRUSH RESTS 水松石山房收藏
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 瑪麗與莊智博收藏
香港蘇富比2005年10月23日，編號117
each worked as a three-sectioned rhizome, with young shoots
and rushes issuing from between, the crystal of a clear 出版：
transparent tone, wood stands
8.3 and 9.8 cm, 3⅜ and 3⅞ in. 《Franzart. Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz
Collection. Vol. III, Stone》，香港，2013年，頁106
PROVENANCE
Water, Pine and Stone Retreat collection.
Collection of Mary and George Bloch.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 23rd October 2005, lot 117.
LITERATURE
Franzart. Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection.
Vol. III, Stone, Hong Kong, 2013, p. 106.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,600

Although crystal was carved extensively during the Qing
dynasty, much of it was devoted to rather large, formal vessels
and snuff bottles. Small, tasteful scholar’s objects, such as
this pair of brushrests, are rare.

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