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A carnelian 'lingzhi' libation cup Qing dynasty image 1
A carnelian 'lingzhi' libation cup Qing dynasty image 2
Lot 572

A carnelian 'lingzhi' libation cup
Qing dynasty

18 March 2019, 10:00 EDT
New York

US$2,500 - US$4,000

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A carnelian 'lingzhi' libation cup

Qing dynasty
Carved as a gnarled branch of lingzhi, the main fungus head deeply hollowed to form the bowl and issuing a twig with subsidiary heads looping upwards to form the handle, the translucent stone of pale straw color enlivened with veins of a golden brown and rosy red hue.
3 1/2in (9cm) long

Footnotes

清 南紅瑪瑙雕靈芝紋盃

Provenance:
Dr. Dean Edell
Ichiro Shibata, The Daibutsu Gallery, San Francisco, 1977

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