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               A RARE CARVED AGATE EAR CUP                       ᪺㢫᢬   ῕ῆ⠈」↛
               YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
                                                                 ᫉⪆⎷ݏ⡵Ὅ㱈卿ᆨ߰֎⯇ᶴջᶜ⪆⎷ǯݥ଍ս഍὞⇱⇢㫌
               The vessel is thinly carved in the Han style. The oval bowl is with
                                                                 Ꮀ卿೅㵲ᥑ⺧卿Ꮲ╖⡿⤤卿ㆁⰰ⡠↚ࣿ㿩ⰰⱤᙚᓡᛇݯԋ卿
               two flat crescent moon-shaped handles projecting below the rim at
                                                                 ⯇὞Ꮀ㎜ǯ
               the longer sides, resting on a curved oval base. The luminous stone
               of attractive variegated tones is brilliantly polished, suffused with
                                                                 ϝᬝ
               vermillion-red patches and milky-white mottling.
               3¡ in. (8.8 cm.) long, box                            ჺ  ᝲ  ᚚ㐟ᙻ㲞ᳰ
               HK$160,000-200,000               US$22,000-38,000  㫇᫈༈ᅡᏒㅳ⇱⇢଍⎵ᆨ߰അ㍩卿Ԇ㇦⻦ᙻஇ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴卿जࣻ⩠Ƕ㫇
                                                                 ᫈厍᳖ӽ໵ᙔࢇഌཿǷ卿झ࢈卿    ჺ卿㮰       卿எ‸⤔⽚**
               PROVENANCE                                        **   ǯ
               Acquired in Hong Kong, 17 November 1995
































































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