Description:
AN AGATE PEACH AND BAT WASHER, QING
China, mid 18th to 19th century. The washer is carved in openwork in the form of a peach growing from a leafy branch with one smaller fruit, a flying bat on the side, the banded agate is of an attractive red (nanhong) tone with several moss inclusions.
Provenance: A private collection of scholarly works of art.
Condition: Superb condition with hardly any wear and a fine patina.
Weight: 99.2 grams
Dimensions: Length 5 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare with a washer also showing the ‘Peach and Bat’ subject sold at Christies London, June 7th, 2017, in Five Private Collections, lot 106.
清代瑪瑙福壽筆洗
中國,十八世紀中期至十九世紀。筆洗鏤空雕刻成壽桃形狀,桃枝上有小桃,一隻蝙蝠飛附在上。帶狀瑪瑙南紅色調,一些苔蘚肌理。
來源:文人用具藝術私人收藏
品相:品相極好,几乎沒有磨損,包漿細膩
重量:99.2 克
尺寸:長 5 厘米