Lot 66
CHINESE CARVED BOXWOOD OF A CRAB
QING DYNASTY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 黃楊木雕歲歲和諧擺件
naturalistically carved crouching with long bent legs, the carapace detailed with small eyes, bumps and ridged edges, the large pincers grasping a long stalk of millet
Dimensions
21.3cm wide
Footnote
A comparable boxwood carving of a lotus leaf with frog, dated to the Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. 贈雕 Zeng Dia 297. Another closely comparable boxwood carving of a crab, Qing dynasty, is in the collection of the Luoyuan Museum, Fujian province.
參一清乾隆雕黃楊木荷葉及蛙擺件，收藏於台北國立故宮博物院，館藏號「贈雕297」；另參一清代黄杨木雕螃蟹，藏於福建羅源縣博物館。