Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A CARNELIAN AGATE 'DRAGON CARP' VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD | 清乾隆 南紅瑪瑙雙魚花插
Auction Closed
November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A CARNELIAN AGATE 'DRAGON CARP' VASE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 南紅瑪瑙雙魚花插
the substantial stone carved as two carp leaping from tumultuous waves, with mouths wide open and hollowed forming the vases, with bulging eyes and scaly bodies, all flanked by prominent lingzhi, the stone a milky-white tone with vermillion-red highlights
Height 15.5 cm, 6⅛ in.
The present piece is of remarkably large size, the movement of the mythical creatures depicted with great vigour. Compare to a related example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan lidai yishuguan chenpiepin tumu, Beijing, 1991, pl. 1314.