PAUL RUITENBEEK Chinese Art

CARVED AGATE WATER POT

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18TH CENTURY

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4 cm high, 6 cm wide

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The small water pot is carved naturalistically in the form of a gnarled trunk of pine, the orange-brown inclusions of the stone utilized to articulate the branches. The interior is polished and well hollowed. The semi-translucent stone is of pale honey colour.

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For another small agate pine-form washer see Christie’s, Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, London, 14 May 2014, lot 881.

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Provenance:

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Roger Keverne, London

Formerly in a private Dutch collection

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