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AN AGATE BOX AND COVER AND AN
AGATE CARVING
19TH CENTURY

The box is carved as a tree trunk with fowering

branches growing on the cover. The carving is

modelled as a gnarled branch bearing fowers.

The stone has various shades of warm honey and

celadon tone.

The carving 3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide (2)

£1,500-2,500 $2,200-3,500
€1,900-3,200

清十九世紀 瑪瑙蓋盒及瑪瑙花卉紋 332
樹幹式把件一組二件

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AUSTRALIAN
COLLECTION

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A SOAPSTONE ‘CHILONG AND
MOUNTAIN’ GROUP
18TH CENTURY

The piece is carved in the form of a jagged
mountain, with two large sinuous chilong with
bifurcated tails to one side, and a small chilong to
the reverse. The stone is of a creamy yellowish-
beige tone with some minor streaked and speckled
inclusions.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide

£600-1,000 $850-1,400
€760-1,300

PROVENANCE:

Property from a private Australian collection,
acquired by the vendor’s father in Hong Kong in
the 1980s.

333 清十八世紀 壽山石雕螭龍紋擺件
來源: 澳洲私人珍藏, 由現藏家之父
親於1980年代購自香港

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