California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 October 23, 2021  October 23, 2021

 Lot # 9257 
A CHINESE AGARWOOD 'FINGER CITRON' CARVING    清 沉香木佛手擺件


  • Dimension: Height: 10 1/8 in (25.5 cm) Length: 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm) Width: 2 3/8 in (6.0 cm) Weight: 281.0g
  • Estimate From: $2000
  • Estimate To: $3000

Chinese. Carved fully in the round as a finger-citron, borne on openwork stems issuing furled leaves. Qing Dynasty period.


沉香佛手擺件以沉香精心雕就而成,紋理清晰,包漿醇厚,香氣素雅悠遠。依形而雕佛手,肥碩飽滿,紋理流暢清晰,意趣叢生。整器以浮雕、鏤雕等技法相結合,生動逼真,流暢優美,結構緻密,頓增文房妙趣。 來源:聖地亞哥香港移民家族收藏
Provenance: Property from an old Hong Kong family collection resides in San Diego. Compare with a very similar agarwood carving of finger citron sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong for 87,500 HKD in November 2019. (https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/chinese-art-hk0906/lot.776.html)