A PAIR OF EUROPEAN SUBJECT SIGNED RELIEF-CARVED SHELLS
A PAIR OF EUROPEAN SUBJECT SIGNED RELIEF-CARVED SHELLS

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EUROPEAN SUBJECT SIGNED RELIEF-CARVED SHELLS
19th century
Each depicting large-nosed, curly-haired Westerners walking in the gardens of a palace, crossing an arched bridge in one, with the inscription at the top in Chinese characters: Made by me in Guangzhou (Canton), Guangdong province, China, on the other the maker's name in Western letters: FUNG KINHING., the backs incised with flowering boughs
9¼in. (23.5cm.) wide (2)

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