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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL A SMALL PINK TOURMALINE FIGURE A CARVED BAMBOO ‘PINE TREE’
ELEPHANT AND BOYS OF A LION LIBATION CUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
each standing four-square, the head turned depicted recumbent with legs neatly tucked the deep flaring sides carved in high relief and
to one side with a long curled trunk flanked beneath its body and the head turned over its openwork in the form of a trunk section of a
by tusks, the body caparisoned with a saddle back, the stone of a translucent pale-pink tone gnarled pine tree, the bark detailed with knots,
draped with a cloth decorated with auspicious 5.3 cm, 2⅛ in. wrapped around the sides with branches laden
motifs including a flying crane amidst clouds with clusters of needles, the interior lined with
and crashing waves on each side, surmounted £ 600-800 silver-coloured metal
by a boy wearing a coat decorated with HK$ 6,300-8,400 US$ 800-1,100 14.3 cm, 5⅝ in.
auspicious emblems amongst clouds and a
tiger-skin headdress 清 碧璽瑞獅把件 £ 3,000-5,000
(8) HK$ 31,300-52,500 US$ 4,000-6,700
26.2 cm, 10¼ in.
清十九世紀 竹雕松樹紋樁式盃
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 31,300-52,500 US$ 4,000-6,700
清十九世紀 掐絲琺瑯童子瑞
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