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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
            象一對



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