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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL AMBER-INLAID GILT-BRONZE ‘DRAGON
AND TWELVE CHILONG’ BOX AND COVER
18th century
The cover exquisitely set with a large central hexagonal cushioned
amber panel superbly carved in low relief with a front-facing five-clawed
sinuous dragon amidst undulating cloud scrolls encircling a stylised shou
character, surrounded by six trapezoidal cushioned amber plaques each
crisply carved with a stylised writhing chi dragon with its extremities
carved in the form of lingzhi fungus, the box similarly inset on each side
with similarly decorated amber panels, all framed by twist-rope gilt-bronze
borders, the interior lined with yellow silk.
17.7cm (7in) wide (2).
HK$1,500,000 - 2,000,000
US$190,000 - 250,000
十八世紀 銅鎏金嵌蜜蠟雲龍捧壽六方蓋盒
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