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A ROCK CRYSTAL ‘THREE ABUNDANCES’ VASE
19th century

Elaborately carved as a twisting leafy branch supporting three vessels,
one carved as a pomegranate with cloud scrolls and a bat in flight,
another as a finger citron and the third as half a peach incised with
stars.
5 1/4in (13.4cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

十九世紀 水晶雕福壽三多花插

Provenance
From the Collection of Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928),
Minneapolis, and thence by descent

The pomegranate, finger citron and peach together represent the
wish for the ‘Three Abundances’ or 福壽三多 fushou sanduo: the
pomegranate symbolizes fertility because of its numerous seeds, the
finger citron, 佛手 foshou, is a pun for blessings, 福 fu, and the peach
is associated with long life. The addition of a bat, 蝠 fu, reinforces the
wish for these blessings in life.

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A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18th/19th century
The Goddess of Mercy carved in a seated pose with her robed hands
resting on her raised knee, her head surmounted by a high chignon
draped with a long cowl surrounding her face with downcast eyes,
the high-waisted robe gathered on her chest with a finely carved bow,
the body covered with a heavily draped robe carved throughout with
incised medallions and borders of foliate scrolls and lotus blossoms in
polychrome pigments picked out with gilt, the stone of creamy-white
hue, raised on a hardwood rock-work stand supporting a stack of
books at the side.
12in (30.5cm) high, the figure exclusive of the stand
$12,000 - 15,000

十八或十九世紀 壽山石觀音立像

Compare a similar soapstone model of Guanyin sold at Christie’s
London, 15 May 2013, lot 87.

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A SOAPSTONE MOUNTAIN WITH LUOHANS
18th/19th century
Of irregular contour, carved as mountain landscape where the
Jianglong luohan plays with his dragon descending from a cloud while
Xiaoshi rests on his lion, the reverse rendered with rocky promontories
shrouded by clouds; the cream-colored matrix marked with golden
and reddish brown patches and patches of russet staining along
natural fissure lines.
4 1/2in (11.43cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

十八或十九世紀 壽山石雕羅漢山子

Provenance
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, sale 15409, 18 December
2007, lot 4331

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