Description
A CARVED GOURD ‘LANDSCAPE’ CRICKET CAGE AND MATCHING IVORY COVER, QING
China, 1644-1912. The globular body with a broad waisted neck and flaring towards the thick ivory-bound rim. The domed circular cover is finely pierced and carved in openwork with peaches and Buddha’s hand citrus on foliate branches. The gourd patinated to a golden chestnut tone.
Provenance: From an Austrian private collection.
Condition: Good condition with one age crack to the gourd with an old wax filling, the ivory rim with minor age cracks and a fine patina.
Weight: 137.7 g in total
Dimensions: Height 10.3 cm (the gourd and cover) and 12 cm (incl. base)
The body lightly incised and carved to the exterior with a mountainous landscape with a meandering river, pavilions, a small bridge, mature pine trees, other trees, a scholar taking in the scenery, and another figure fishing from a small skiff in the water.
With a small matching hardwood base in the form of an open lotus leaf supported on four feet, of the period. (2)
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related gourd cricket cage sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Art on 3 April 2019, lot 3689, for HKD $40,000.
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象牙蓋山水紋油壺魯葫蘆,清代
中國,1644-1912。葫芦高身,色已深黄,腹、腰、翻比例均匀,周身针刺山水纹,纹饰浓淡有致。旧配象牙口框,鏤空雕刻仙桃佛手。
來源:奧地利私人收藏
品相:品相良好,一道年代裂紋,舊時已用蠟修復。象牙邊緣有輕微年代裂紋和細膩包漿。
重量:縂137.7克
尺寸:葫蘆和蓋縂高10.3 厘米,含底座12 厘米
拍賣結果比較:一件相似油壺魯葫蘆售于香港蘇富比,2019年4月3日拍號3689,成交價 HKD $40,000
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