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A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF SCHOLARLY WORKS OF ART
A CARNELIAN AGATE 'BAT AND PEACH' VASE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
naturalistically worked with the milky-white portion of the stone as a hollowed tree trunk forming the vase, the vermillion-red part of the stone skilfully fashioned into fruiting branches of peaches and bats on the exterior
7cm
6.6 cm, 2 1/2 in.
Estimate
2,000
—
3,000
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