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Chicken Bloodstone Panel
Chicken Bloodstone Panel from the 1980s: This is a Monolithic Chicken Bloodstone carving of two dragons playing in a vermillion red sky, while a tiger watches. It features an integrated "stand" that was carved from the host rock along with the rest of the piece. I also wanted to highlight a specific detail: the artist's deliberate choice to showcase the stone's inherent quality where the carving is thinnest on the back. This reveals a striking white-on-red effect, reminiscent of blood on snow, and showcases a level of translucency, as well as the thickness of the blood. Provenance: Retains its original 1980s retail tag ($460) and brocade box. It comes from a collection with extensive 1980s government-sourced documentation. The collection consists of 17 Chinese scholarly items, assembled by a single Singaporean collector in the 1980s and boasting comprehensive provenance from official Chinese Communist Party controlled sources, after the Cultural Revolution, evidenced by original paper tags, boxes and receipts. For reference: GIA resource on Changhua Bloodstone: https://www.gia.edu/doc/Chicken-Blood-Stone-from-China.pdf I would be pleased to provide the full detailed description, additional high-resolution images, and further provenance documentation upon your request.
7 x 5 x 2 inches
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Hello, this item is a carved Chicken Bloodstone panel from China, dating to the 1980s. Chicken Bloodstone, or jixue shi (鸡血石), is a rare variety of cinnabar-infiltrated stone sourced mainly from Changhua in Zhejiang Province, prized for its striking red coloration against a pale matrix. The present example, measuring 7 by 5 by 2 inches, depicts two dragons in dynamic motion carved in high relief, with a tiger figure at the base. Notably, the base is monolithic, emerging from the same stone, a technique used to highlight both the carver’s skill and the natural beauty of the stone. The translucency and concentrated cinnabar deposits are visible and desirable features.
This piece retains its original 1980s brocade box and retail tag, with a documented provenance from a post-Cultural Revolution collection assembled under official Chinese state channels. In today’s collector market, such authenticated carvings with dramatic red saturation and integrated symbolism command high interest, especially when accompanied by vintage documentation. Assuming the cinnabar content is stable and the carving is intact, its estimated market value falls between 2,000 and 3,500 USD, depending on the intensity of red coloration, craftsmanship, and collector interest in post-1949 Chinese scholar’s objects.
