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US$1,000-1,500
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** A GROUP OF TORTOISESHELL ACCESSORIES
Comprising a gabled hairpiece, with panel pierced and carved with a landscape scene depicting men and women seated amidst flowers and foliage, rowing a boat in a lake and a woman and child strolling across a bridge, late 18th to early 19th century, manufactured in Guangdong probably for export; and a hair clip, pierced and carved as a ferocious dragon amidst cloud scrolls, comb 13.7 x 13.7 cm., hair clip 9.8 x 3.8 cm. (2)
Comprising a gabled hairpiece, with panel pierced and carved with a landscape scene depicting men and women seated amidst flowers and foliage, rowing a boat in a lake and a woman and child strolling across a bridge, late 18th to early 19th century, manufactured in Guangdong probably for export; and a hair clip, pierced and carved as a ferocious dragon amidst cloud scrolls, comb 13.7 x 13.7 cm., hair clip 9.8 x 3.8 cm. (2)
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