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                                                                                             An amber carving
                                                                                             18th or 19th century
                                                                                             Modelled as a lady seated on rockwork beside a pine tree, wearing
                                                                                             long flowing robes, her hair pulled up in a chignon, the amber of
                                                                                             yellow-orange tone, wood stand.
                                                                                             5.7cm (2.1/4in) wide. (2).

                                                                                             £1,500 - 2,500
                                                                                             CNY15,000 - 24,000
199 HK$18,000 - 29,000

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An amber ‘Three Abundances’ pendant
18th/19th century
Carved to one side with the Three Abundances, sanduo, hanging
from trailing leafy and flowering branches, the reverse with three
pomegranates suspended from a further branch with two mythical
three legged toads variously clambering at the top and bottom, cord
fitting with jadeite bead.
The pendant 5.7cm (2.1/4in) long.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000

Provenance
An English Private collection acquired in the 1930’s/40’s in China, by
repute.

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                                                                        An ‘Eighteen Luohan’ amber necklace
                                                                        Qing Dynasty or later
                                                                        Strung with eighteen beads formed into a different characterful face
                                                                        representing one of the mythical Arhats of Buddhism, spaced with
                                                                        pairs of smaller beads, the terminal beads suspending a tassel, wood
                                                                        box. From top to bottom: 37cm (14 1/2in) long

                                                                        £500 - 800
                                                                        CNY4,800 - 7,700
                                                                        HK$5,900 - 9,400

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