Description
A CHALCEDONY PEANUTS AND JUJUBE CARVING, QING
China, 18th - 19th century. Naturalistically carved in the form of three conjoined fruits, well-figured with thin ridges, with four peanuts at the edges and a minuscule yet brilliantly carved squirrel sitting atop. This carving serves both as a brush rest and a pendant.
Condition: Excellent condition with beautiful patina.
Provenance: From a private collection in Glasgow, Scotland. Collected in the 1960s and 1970s.
Weight: 25.8 g.
Dimensions: Width 4.4 cm.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related object of similar size, described as a brush rest only, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on May 27th 2014, in Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 22.