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A WHITE AND RED CARNELIAN AGATE PEACH-FORM VESSEL AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Well hollowed as a full rounded peach, pierced and carved with a gnarled stem issuing from one end, with a further peach and leafy branches continuing onto the base beside a large bat carved in relief, the pierced cover carved as a further bat spreading its wings and clutching a peach branch in its mouth, the stone of deep coral and opaque white tones, some ground rim chips--7 in. (17.8cm.) across, wood stand
18TH CENTURY
Well hollowed as a full rounded peach, pierced and carved with a gnarled stem issuing from one end, with a further peach and leafy branches continuing onto the base beside a large bat carved in relief, the pierced cover carved as a further bat spreading its wings and clutching a peach branch in its mouth, the stone of deep coral and opaque white tones, some ground rim chips--7 in. (17.8cm.) across, wood stand