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AN AGATE ‘BAT, TOAD AND GOURDS’ PENDANT AN AGATE ‘NEW YEAR WISHES’ PENDANT
19th century 19th century
Carved from a three-colour agate pebble, formed with a large gourd The three-colour agate pebble carved in openwork with lingzhi,
and issuing smaller gourd, a three legged toad suspending a tasselled melons, prunus flowers, lotus flowers and wheat sheaves, with a four-
string of cash, a bat, with a four character auspicious inscription to the character auspicious inscription to one side reading 兔年如意 or ‘as
side. you wish in the year of the rabbit’. 5cm (2in) high
5cm (2in) high
£1,000 - 1,500
£1,000 - 2,000 CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY8,600 - 17,000 HK$10,000 - 20,000
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