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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A MOTTLED CREAMY WHITE AND PALE RUSSET AGATE TREE TRUNK-FORM VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Details
A MOTTLED CREAMY WHITE AND PALE RUSSET AGATE TREE TRUNK-FORM VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Carved as a pine tree trunk with leafy bamboo to one side, several lingzhi sprigs around the base and a crane perched on one of the branches beside a bat in front, the stone of mottled, warm, creamy white and pale russet tone, with a few dark inclusions in the lower section
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high, nanmu stand
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Carved as a pine tree trunk with leafy bamboo to one side, several lingzhi sprigs around the base and a crane perched on one of the branches beside a bat in front, the stone of mottled, warm, creamy white and pale russet tone, with a few dark inclusions in the lower section
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high, nanmu stand
Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1982.
The Irving Collection, no. 526.
The Irving Collection, no. 526.
Literature
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, p. 122, no. 101.
Exhibited
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Summer Exhibition, 2008.