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A SMALL AMBER CARVING OF TWO BADGERS
18TH CENTURY OR LATER
清十八世紀或更晚 琥珀雙歡把件
It is is carved in the round and in openwork with two recumbent badgers facing each other, a sprig of
lingzhi on the underside.
1æ in. (4.5 cm.) long
£1,200-1,800 $1,900-2,700
€1,700-2,400
Two badgers (shuanghuan) represent a rejoicing couple, or marital bliss.
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A BRONZE FIGURAL WEIGHT AND AN AMBER PENDANT Andrew Albert Ernst Franklin CVO., CBE (1914-2002), and then by descent within
17TH CENTURY AND LATER the family.
十七世紀及更晚 童子戲蓮銅紙鎮及琥珀珮一組兩件 來源：Andrew Albert Ernst Franklin CVO., CBE (1914-2002)
私人珍藏，由家族珍藏至今
The weight is modelled as a smiling seated boy holding the stem of a lotus
fower beside a vase upon a large leaf. The pebble-form amber pendant has
natural inclusions, including an insect.
The larger 2æ in. (7 cm.) wide (2)
£800-1,200 $1,300-1,800
€1,100-1,600
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