Lot 153: THREE CARVED HARDSTONE BANGLES Late Qing Dynasty

THREE CARVED HARDSTONE BANGLES

Late Qing Dynasty

One of flattened cylindrical shape, finely carved with a dragon and four archaistic characters, the stone mottled brown and black; one carved with sixteen archaistic characters on the rounded exterior, the interior flat, the deep green stone mottled russet brown; the other finely carved on the rounded exterior with a mythical landscape scene enclosing a
chi dragon, a
lingzhi fungus, a bundle of books, and a tapir, the interior flat, the celadon stone smoothly polished and mottled russet brown throughout. (3)


3 1/8in to 3 3/8in (7.9cm to 8.6cm) diam

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.







In good condition. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity. Scratched 'AP' to the interior of one bangle.

清末 玉石鐲 仿古魑龍紋 篆文 神獸紋 共三只



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今

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