TWO CHINESE CARVED AGATE AND CARNELIAN RECTANGULAR PLAQUES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 冰糖瑪瑙巧雕童子及猴乘舟吊墜 及 南紅瑪瑙巧雕鹿銜靈芝仙人圖吊墜(共兩件)
one agate rectangular plaque cleverly carved through pale grey, brown and black colours on one side with a boy sailing on a trunk-formed sampan with a monkey crossing wavy river between mountainous valley, further with bat hoovering one the lower left, the reverse carved with a large pine tree; the other carnelian rectangular plaque cleverly carved through red and white colours on one side with a deer holding lingzhi fungus in mouth and a boy holding a sceptre all below a heavenly palace, the reverse carved with an immortal and crane in mountainous landscape (2)
Dimensions
heights: 4.3cm and 5.2cm
Provenance
Formerly in a private English collection
前英格蘭私人收藏