A VERY LARGE CORAL CARVING, LATE QING DYNASTY

A VERY LARGE 'BODHISATTVA AND IMMORTAL' CORAL CARVING, LATE QING DYNASTY
China, 19th - early 20th century. Carved and incised in deep relief to depict Guanyin together with a boy and an immortal, standing on a bridge amid crashing waves, lotus flowers and swimming fish, the railing with seven shou characters.

Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Condition: Old wear, some chips and losses. Several fractures with old repairs.

Weight: 3 kg
Dimensions: Length 37 cm

Antique coral carvings of this magnificent size and heavy weight are very rare.

大型珊瑚雕仙人，晚清
中國，十九至二十世紀。珊瑚雕刻觀音與童子立於橋上，四周荷花與龍魚，橋上可見壽字紋。

來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相：老磨損，一些磕碰與缺損。有幾處可見老修補。

重量：3 公斤
尺寸：長37 厘米