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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
FOUR AGATE CARVINGS
19TH CENTURY
细节
FOUR AGATE CARVINGS
19TH CENTURY
One carved in openwork with a stem of double gourds and with lingzhi fungus partially obscuring a frog; one a grey, red and black oblong pendant carved on each side with a different figural scene, the scene on one side highlighted in red, the scene on the reverse highlighted in black, suspended from a silk cord strung with carnelian beads; one a caramel and white carving of a large lotus leaf carved on one side with a crab, another leaf and a stalk of grasses, with a small bat and a fish on the underside; the fourth carved as two double gourds borne on a leafy vine
2 to 2¾ in. (5.1 to 7 cm.) long (4)
19TH CENTURY
One carved in openwork with a stem of double gourds and with lingzhi fungus partially obscuring a frog; one a grey, red and black oblong pendant carved on each side with a different figural scene, the scene on one side highlighted in red, the scene on the reverse highlighted in black, suspended from a silk cord strung with carnelian beads; one a caramel and white carving of a large lotus leaf carved on one side with a crab, another leaf and a stalk of grasses, with a small bat and a fish on the underside; the fourth carved as two double gourds borne on a leafy vine
2 to 2¾ in. (5.1 to 7 cm.) long (4)
来源
Acquired in China circa 1937 or earlier, and thence by descent within the family.