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A SMALL CARVED CORAL BOTTLE
1820-1900
Of flattened, elongated pear form, the coral of even pinkish-red tone and carved in high relief with the standing figure of a beauty, the reverse with a fenghuang perched on rockwork before a flowering branch, stopper
1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high
1820-1900
Of flattened, elongated pear form, the coral of even pinkish-red tone and carved in high relief with the standing figure of a beauty, the reverse with a fenghuang perched on rockwork before a flowering branch, stopper
1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high
Provenance
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired prior to 1952.
Special notice
Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell
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