Asian Art II - 28th July 2021
Lot 698
A CHINESE TOURMALINE 'LOTUS' OVOID VASE AND COVER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A CHINESE TOURMALINE 'LOTUS' OVOID VASE AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
Deeply carved with four blossoming lotus flowers divided by large leaves, with bands of lappets to the shoulder and encircling the foot, the cover with further lappets and a compressed finial shaped as a flowerhead, the translucent stone with areas of dark purple and green, 10.5cm high. (2)
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.