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           PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
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           TWO ROCK CRYSTAL FIGURES OF BEAUTIES
           Late Qing/Early Republic
           Each carved standing, mirroring the pose of the other, the knotted
           coiffer secured with a ruyi-shaped pin, the oval face with heavily-
           lidded eyes and gentle smile, dressed in long-sleeved layered robes,
           the hands cradling a book, with a phoenix grasping a large peony
           blossom in its beak standing alongside on a garden rock, wood
           stands.
           13in (33cm) high, the taller

           $7,000 - 9,000

           清末/民國初 水晶雕美人鳳凰立像兩件
           8125
           A ROCK CRYSTAL FIGURE OF A BEAUTY
           Late Qing/Republic period
           Carved dressed in layered robes, holding a pearl in one hand, framed
           by a fluttering scarf, standing beside a phoenix with a peony blossom
           in its beak, wood stand.
           5 7/8in (15cm) high

           $1,000 - 1,500
           清末/民國 水晶雕美人鳳凰立像                                              8125


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