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Various Owners 各方藏家
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A rare gilt-glass ‘mythical beast’
seal
Probably Ming Dynasty
The unusual seal carved from white glass with a
standing plump mythical beast with a bifurcated
horn reaching down the curved back, the two front
paws held up and each terminating in short wings at
the shoulder, the seal covered with a layer of gilding.
5.8cm (2¼in) high
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$37,000 - 62,000
CNY29,000 - 49,000
或明 鍍金玻璃獸鈕印章
The seal probably reads 叚名寸元 Jia ming cun
yuan.

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A ‘Three Friends of Winter’ smoky
rock crystal brushpot
Late Qing Dynasty
The grey-toned crystal carved as a hollowed
bamboo shaft with two smaller shoots of bamboo
carved in relief beside a branch of flowering prunus
and another of gnarled pine.
23cm (9in) high (2).
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$100,000 - 150,000
CNY79,000 - 120,000
清晚期 水晶雕歲寒三友紋竹節式筆筒
Provenance: a Swiss private collection
來源：瑞士私人收藏

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