A large red coral carving of Lady Immortals Late Qing Dynasty
Lot 327Y
A large red coral carving of Lady Immortals
Late Qing Dynasty
Sold for £30,000 (US$ 50,975) inc. premium
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Lot Details
A large red coral carving of Lady Immortals
Late Qing Dynasty
The large branching coral carved as four ladies floating on a raft formed from a fruiting peach log, one standing at the prow with a bird perched on her head beside a basket of flowers, another seated in the middle of the raft and two further ladies standing at the stern, one holding aloft a peach stem and the other clutching another fruiting peach branch, gilt wood stand, box.
31cm (12 1/8in) long (3).

Footnotes

  • 清晚期 紅珊瑚雕仙女像

    Provenance: Christie's London, 9 December 1986, lot 539

    來源：倫敦佳士得，1986年12月9日，拍品編號539
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