• Dimension: Height: 6 2/8 in (15.7 cm) Width: 4 5/8 in (11.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $3000
• Estimate To: $5000

Chinese. Naturalistically carved as a large lingzhi fungus growing up from a gnarled branch sprouting smaller lingzhi heads around the body, further decorated with bats in flight, all supported on a carved hardwood stand. Qing Dynasty period.

此花插玉質瑩潤光潔，包漿醇熟。采用深浮雕及透雕的表現手法，工藝極其精湛，靈芝型口，掏膛勻凈，瓶身外采用高浮雕手法雕飾“螭龍”“靈芝”“蝙蝠”。大小螭龍方臉尖耳，身體彎曲，瘦長健碩，肢體遒勁，盤繞瓶身，長尾分叉、末端上卷；靈芝根壯葉茂，葉冠飽滿；蝙蝠情態生動有趣，圓轉流暢，寓意美好，有大福大壽之意。整器取材珍貴，構思精巧，用料精良，拋光細膩，工藝精細，為不可多得的文房用品。帶紅木'山石'底座。 來源：加拿大溫哥華私人藏家收藏
Provenance: Private collection, Vancouver, Canada