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清 藍料葡萄形墜
Provenance: a Scottish private collection
來源:蘇格蘭私人收藏
Such pendants were used as toggles in one's sash to carry tobacco pouches or small pill or seal boxes. Compare with a related tourmaline carving of grapes and squirrel, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Gugong zhenbao, Beijing, 2004, p.124. The walnut carving of a monkey on the present lot is particularly fine. See a group of walnut carvings of boats, animals and flower baskets, Qing dynasty, illustrated in A Garland of Treasures: Masterpieces of Precious Crafts in the Museum Collection, Taipei, 2016, pp.120-121.