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A LARGE CHALCEDONY ALMS BOWL A MASSIVE SODALITE FIGURE OF A CARNELIAN AGATE CARVING OF A
Mid-20th century GUANYIN FINGER CITRON AND A QUARTZ SEAL
Carved to the exterior with petal pattern, Mid-20th century The ‘Buddha’s Hand’ fruit cleverly carved to
the shoulder flanked with four Buddhist lion The Bodhisattva dressed in long robes, utilise the stone’s natural hues, with a fitted
handles suspending loose rings, the stone of holding a ruyi sceptre in one hand, and a green-stained stand; the small seal of plain
a beige hue. 28cm (11in) diam. rosary in the other, the high chignon covered form, the face with a two-character seal, with
with a cowl, carved wood stand. 50cm (19 a fitted bamboo-veneered box shaped like a
£1,000 - 1,500 5/8in) high (2). cicada and a small malachite stand.
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000 The largest: cm (in) wide (5).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000 £1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance
Estate of Cynthia Sachs Van Gleason, 1959
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