A ROCK CRYSTAL CARVING OF A CELESTIAL LADY, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC China, late 19th - early 20th century. Intricately carved with pierced and openwork elements, the lady wearing long, flowing robes with bands, holding a fan in one hand and a branch in the other, with branches and springing flowers towering behind her. Condition: Good condition with minor chipping and wear. Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Weight: 831.9 g. Dimensions: Height 15.5 cm.