拍品 11
11
A VERY RARE ROCK CRYSTAL RHYTON AND ORIGINAL STAND

细节
A VERY RARE ROCK CRYSTAL RHYTON AND ORIGINAL STAND
18TH CENTURY

The archaistic libation vessel carved around the tall sides with an angular dragon and phoenix-scroll band flanked by a chilong clinging to one side opposite a phoenix handle suspending a loose ring, the cup issuing from a ferocious monster mask with a tall curled horn, the transparent stone nearly flawless, the stained green bone stand carved with two dragons rising from rolling and cresting waves in pursuit of flaming pearls (nicks to extremities of carving)
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high

拍品专文

Comparable rhytons are usually carved from jade and rock crystal is more usually carved into baluster vases and covers. This is an example of the unexpected and the original stand is also a rarity. Compare the jade rhyton illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, vol. 6, Jade, p. 24 and the jade dragon-carp vase on a similar carved wave base illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum, pl. 25. Compare also the rock crystal carp again on a carved wave base in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, vol. 6, p. 94.

(US$13,000-20,000)