California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Mar. 15, 2014  Mar. 15, 2014

 Lot # 2468 
A LARGE WOOD CARVED CHINESE DRAGON BOAT    木雕龍船


  • Dimension: L: 42 7/8 in (109 cm) H: 29 1/4 in (74.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1200
  • Estimate To: $1500

Finely carved and pierced as large boat with two dragons as prow and the deck surmounted with intricate pagodas with variously shaped Buddhist emblems openwork as windows, the structures linked to each other in bridges, with wooden figures upon the pagodas, and the hull is finely carved in low relief with various motifs of stylized foliate scroll and mythical beasts.