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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CARNELIAN AND CHALCEDONY AGATE DOUBLE TREE-TRUNK VASE
18TH CENTURY
Details
A CARNELIAN AND CHALCEDONY AGATE DOUBLE TREE-TRUNK VASE
18TH CENTURY
Well carved with a fruiting plum branch hollowed out from the white chalcedony areas of the stone to form twin-vases, the soft reddish carnelian areas used for the fruit-laden peach branch, lingzhi and prunus carved in high relief around the sides
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Well carved with a fruiting plum branch hollowed out from the white chalcedony areas of the stone to form twin-vases, the soft reddish carnelian areas used for the fruit-laden peach branch, lingzhi and prunus carved in high relief around the sides
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 25-26 September 1986, lot 254.
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