A large carnelian carving of a tree trunk


Late Qing/Republic periodA cloudy white vein in the matrix carved as a gnarled peach tree trunk with a hollowed interior rising amid leaf and peach-laden branches that overhang a lingzhi fungus plant and garden rock worked from a coral colored vein at the base while a bat perches on a subsidiary coral colored branch at the top of the trunk (cracks and losses).10in (25.5cm) long 6 1/2in (16.5cm) high