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TWO CARVED AGATE 'SHOULAO' GROUPS TWO AMBER CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1912) 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Both groups skilfully utilise the natural inclusions in the stone. The frst depicts One carving is in the form of bat resting on a fnger citron beside a fruiting
Shoulao holding a peach, with his attendant to his side and his hat hung over branch and the other is in the form of two ducks.
his back. The reverse is carved with a peach tree, 18th-19th century. The The ducks 2⅜ in. (5.9 cm.) long (2)
second group is in the form of a rocky mountain and is carved, as the last, with
Shoulao, 19th-20th century. £6,000-8,000 US$7,900-10,000
The larger 4⅞ in. (12.5 cm.) wide (2) €7,000-9,300
£6,000-8,000 US$7,900-10,000 PROVENANCE:
€7,000-9,300 The collection of Louis Gonse.

PROVENANCE:
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010). 清十八/十九世紀 琥珀雕蝙蝠佛手及鴛鴦 一組兩件

清 瑪瑙雕仙人童子像 及 瑪瑙雕壽老山子 一組兩件 來源: 法國 Louis Gonse 舊藏

來源: Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010)珍藏

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