A LARGE CARNELIAN AGATE 'DOUBLE-CARP' VASE
A LARGE CARNELIAN AGATE 'DOUBLE-CARP' VASE
Qing Dynasty, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The vase is carved as two ‘dragon-carps’ with bulging eyes and stylised horns and fins leaping from crushing waves, their mouths opened and hollowed forming the vases.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Sir Ernst Cassel (1852-1921)
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924-2017)
Sold at Sotheby's London, 24 March 2021, lot 240
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A LARGE CARNELIAN AGATE 'DOUBLE-CARP' VASE
Qing Dynasty, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The vase is carved as two ‘dragon-carps’ with bulging eyes and stylised horns and fins leaping from crushing waves, their mouths opened and hollowed forming the vases.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Sir Ernst Cassel (1852-1921)
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924-2017)
Sold at Sotheby's London, 24 March 2021, lot 240
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