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A RETICULATED AGATE PENDANT A LARGE AMETHYST ‘SANDUO’ AN INSCRIBED AGATE ‘LINGZHI’
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY CARVING CARVING
intricately carved in openwork depicting a QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
monkey crouching atop lingzhi sprigs on one naturalistically carved in the round resting on carved in openwork depicting lingzhi fungus
side and a bird on the other gnarled branches, depicting a finger citron a amongst foliage, the russet part of the stone
5.8 cm, 2¼ in. pomegranate and a peach forming the sanduo skilfully worked into flowers, the inscription
(‘three abundances’) reads zhixian zhushou (‘may the heavenly
£ 1,000-1,500 15.1 cm, 5⅞ in. immortal gives his birthday blessing’)
HK$ 10,500-15,700 US$ 1,350-2,000 4.6 cm, 1¾ in.
£ 8,000-12,000
清十九世紀 瑪瑙鏤雕靈猴錦 HK$ 83,500-125,000 US$ 10,700-16,000 £ 2,000-3,000
雞紋珮 HK$ 20,900-31,300 US$ 2,700-4,000
清十九世紀 紫晶三多擺件
清十九世紀 瑪瑙芝仙祝壽珮

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