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           A CARNELIAN AGATE ‘TREE TRUNK’   A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL        A LAC-BURGAUTE ‘MANDARIN DUCK’
           VASE                             CRANES                            BOX AND COVER
           QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY       QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY        QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH
           naturalistically rendered as a curved hollowed   each standing on long tubular legs with their   CENTURY
           tree trunk forming the vase, the milky-white   heads turned to the left and right, brightly   depicted recumbent with legs tucked
           portion of the stone fashioned into lingzhi   enameled with white and grey feathers, their   underneath its plump body, the interior
           sprigs, the vermillion-red part carved with   wings and tail feathers detailed with blue and   lacquered red, the base lacquered black
           fruiting peach trees, wood stand  turquoise, wood stands           (2)
           (3)                              (2)                               8.6 cm, 3⅜ in.
           13 cm, 5⅛ in.                    40.3 cm, 15⅞ in.
                                                                              £ 1,000-2,000
           £ 3,000-5,000                    ◉ £ 2,000-3,000                   HK$ 10,500-20,900   US$ 1,350-2,700
           HK$ 31,300-52,500   US$ 4,000-6,700     HK$ 20,900-31,300   US$ 2,700-4,000
                                                                              清十八/十九世紀   螺鈿寶鴨形
           清十八世紀   南紅瑪瑙仙芝祝壽                 清十九世紀   掐絲琺瑯仙鶴一對
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                   es). Refer to the Buying at Auction and VAT sections at the back of this catalogue for further information.
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