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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE LINGZHI-FORM VASE
18TH CENTURY
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE LINGZHI-FORM VASE
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a large gnarled branching stem of lingzhi fungus bearing fungus heads of various size, the largest hollowed and carved around the sides with five bats (wufu), one with a flower sprig in its mouth, another fungus head to the side partially hollowed and a third rising from the reverse reminiscent of a naturalistic ruyi sceptre, the semi-translucent stone of pale greenish-white color with some opaque white mottling
9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) high, wood stand
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a large gnarled branching stem of lingzhi fungus bearing fungus heads of various size, the largest hollowed and carved around the sides with five bats (wufu), one with a flower sprig in its mouth, another fungus head to the side partially hollowed and a third rising from the reverse reminiscent of a naturalistic ruyi sceptre, the semi-translucent stone of pale greenish-white color with some opaque white mottling
9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) high, wood stand