Lot Essay
Three of the objects carved at one end of the vessel represent three of the Daoist Emblems.
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18TH CENTURY
Details
A SMALL AMBER WATER POT
18TH CENTURY
In the form of an oval wine jar, carved at one end with a bat with spread wings and at the other end with a grouping of a ribbon-tied double-gourd, a book, a sword and a fan, all resting on a leaf-form base of conforming outline
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long, wood stand
18TH CENTURY
In the form of an oval wine jar, carved at one end with a bat with spread wings and at the other end with a grouping of a ribbon-tied double-gourd, a book, a sword and a fan, all resting on a leaf-form base of conforming outline
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long, wood stand
Provenance
Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London, 2004.
Exhibited
Miniature Oriental Works of Art, Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London, 4-9 November 2004, no. 6.
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