• Dimension: Height: 6 6/8 in (17.1 cm) Length: 5 in (12.7 cm)
• Estimate From: $600
• Estimate To: $800

Qing Dynasty period. Carved in the form of bulbous vase, gilt decorated to the body with an taoist immortal traveling across the ocean on a turtle, the reverse decorated with a female deity riding on a flying phoenix, the base carved with six character mark.

墨的曆史，可以追溯到秦漢，發展到明清時，墨的制作工藝已經極盡精巧，詩書畫印的萬 般微妙得以在此方寸之間淋漓展現。漸漸，墨已經不再是單純的消耗品，而是文人用來抒懷、 珍藏甚至傳家的寶物。 此墨作扁瓶狀，鼓腹下收，直足。頸部刻畫“芭蕉紋”，正面刻一老者身穿長袍，手持佛塵， 仙風道骨，騎龜渡江；反面刻仕女手持扇，騎于鳳凰之上，飛翔上空，四周卷雲缭繞。底部 刻”回紋“一周。整體工藝極爲精湛，人物景觀栩栩如生，部分有描金，金色燦爛。“大清 汪近聖制”款識。