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