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AN AMBER ‘CHILONG AND SQUIRREL’
CARVING
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
rendered in the round in the form of a recumbent chilong with a curling
bifurcated tail coiling on a large rock, grasping a lingzhi stem in its mouth,
opposite a clambering squirrel, the translucent amber of a golden honey
colour
. , ⅞ .
£ 1,000-1,500
HK$ 9,700-14,500 US$ 1,250-1,900
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