£630
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 733
Auction: 16 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
清 瑪瑙雕早生貴子擺件 帶 日本金漆雲鶴圖四層印籠
cleverly carved with three jujube dates attached with two peanuts, WITH A JAPANESE INRO, Meiji Period, both sides decorated with cranes flying amidst clouds, interior with nashiji
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Athelstaneford
Note: A comparable carved chalcedony peanuts and jujube dates, dated to the Qing Dynasty, 18th century, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, accession no. 02.18.895; Also compare to an agate 'peanut and jujube' pendant, Qing dynasty, 19th century, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 May 2021, lot 171; A Chinese carved agate toggle attached on a Japanese inro was sold at Bonhams New York, 19 Sep 2008, lot 5041