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A PAIR OF CARVED AMBER VASES AND COVERS

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Each vase is carved in low relief with two monkeys playing on a fruiting peach tree on one

side, and Meng Haoran riding on a donkey on the reverse, flanked by a pair of dragon-

head form handles suspending loose rings. The decorations on each vase are mirror images

of each other. One cover is carved with a dragon-form finial, the other with a lion finial.

5 º in. (13.5 cm.) high, wood stands, box                                             (2)

HK$450,000-700,000                         US$59,000-91,000

清十八世紀  琥珀雕踏雪尋梅圖龍耳銜環蓋瓶一對

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