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AN AMBER ‘ABSTINENCE’ PLAQUE
18TH CENTURY
The openwork plaque is carved to the centre with an oval cartouche bearing
the characters ‘zhaijie’, abstinence, to one side and ‘fushou’, happiness and
longevity, to the other. The cartouche is fanked by two dragons chasing a
faming pearl at the bottom, all below a shou roundel at the top.
2Ω in. (6.5 cm) long
£8,000-12,000 $11,000-15,000
€9,300-14,000
清十八世紀 琥珀鏤雕雙龍紋齋戒牌
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A TOURMALINE ‘SQUIRREL AND MELON’ PENDANT
19TH CENTURY
The pendant is skilfully carved working with the three colours of the stone to
depict white squirrel clambering on a lavender-blue melon on a vine bearing a
large russet-coloured leaf. A small russet-coloured snail rests on the underside
of the melon.
1º in. (3.2 cm.) long, with a further smaller pink tourmaline bead carved as a
crouched squirrel
£5,000-8,000 $6,300-10,000
€5,800-9,200
清十九世紀 碧璽巧雕松鼠藾瓜佩
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