Lot 3689
- 3689
AN AGATE 'TOADS' GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 HKD
bidding is closed
Description
- agate
- 18 cm, 7 1/8 in.
carved in the round as a crouching amphibian with large bulging eyes, its back skilfully rendered with a series of subtle warts and depicted supporting a small toad, the patinated translucent stone of a lustrous vareigated white, orange and russet colour
Provenance
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong, 2002.
Literature
Franzart. Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection. Vol. III, Stone, Hong Kong, 2013, p. 37.