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A VERY RARE YELLOW AMBER FLATTENED
BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The vase is of fattened form with tapered neck
and fared foot. The shoulders are carved with
fxed lion mask and ring handles below the rim,
which is encircled by a bow-string band repeated
on the lower edge of the domed cover, which is
surmounted by a recumbent lion. The amber is of
an unctuous, golden honey-yellow tone.
8¬ in. (21.9 cm.) high, box

$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE:

The Viscount Astor, Cliveden, Berkshire, England,
Philips London, 15 May 1967, lot 1263.
Christie’s London, 12 July 2005, lot 67.
Property from the Lai Family Collection.
清十八/十九世紀
蜜蠟雕獅鈕鋪首啣環耳扁蓋瓶

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