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1414

1414 A CARVED AGATE VASE AND A
SOAPSTONE LIBATION CUP
1415 QING DYNASTY

1416 the vase carved in the form of a hollowed, twisting
176 SOTHEBY’S pine tree with a qilin, bat, and lingzhi, of white and
caramel-colored stone with some translucent, red,
and lavender colored inclusions; the libation cup
of conical section opening into an undulating rim,
nested in blossoming prunus branches carved
in openwork, of yellow and red stone with black
inclusions (2)
Height of taller 5½ in., 14 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923), Rhode
Island, and thence by descent.

See catalogue note at .

$ 4,000-6,000
㶭ġġġ䐒䐁晽㜦渧⎴㗍⚾剙㍺⍲⢥Ⱉ䞛晽㠭剙⚾䙫

1415

PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTION

A LARGE MALACHITE DOUBLE VASE
QING DYNASTY

carved in high relief and openwork, the larger vase
with Liu Hai holding a jar whence a three-legged
toad escapes on a cloud and a second boy boasting
a coin, the reverse with two other boys, the smaller
vase with pine trees, lingzhi, a deer, a crane, and
another auspicious beast, a large bird carved in
the round perching on the tree connecting the two
vases, associated malachite covers, wood stand (4)
Height 12¼ in., 31.1 cm

$ 8,000-12,000

㶭ġġġ⫼晨䞛晽㜦㜿倂䐆⚾暁倗味䒞

1416

PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTION

A LARGE WHITE AND BLACK QUARTZ
‘LONGEVITY’ VASE AND COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY

of attened baluster form with animal-mask handles
anking the neck, carved in high relief with a young
utist riding an ox across a bridge toward a female

immortal surrounded by pine, lingzhi, birds, and
a cloud-borne pavilion, the reverse with a boy
approaching a deer grasping a lingzhi beneath a pine
tree and cranes, the knob of the lid carved as a white
bird connecting the two heavily worked sides, wood
stand (3)
Height 13⅛ in., 33.3 cm

$ 5,000-7,000

㶭㛓ġġġ湹䘥㘞ⶏ晽ẁ⤛䈏䪍⚾䐆䌠俛味䒞