A BURLWOOD CONCH-FORM WATER COUPE QING DYNASTY

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

natural wood

naturalistically carved in the form of a hollowed conch, the top with a perching frog and a fish emerging from crashing waves, the interior covered in red lacquer with traces of gilt, the wood of a dark reddish-brown color with a lustrous patina

Literature

Wang Qinglu, Zhongguo mincang wenwu jianshang congshu. Wenfang jiya [Private collections in China. Treasures for the scholar's desk], Beijing, 2007, pl. 31.