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18TH-19TH CENTURY
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TWO CARVED AMBER 'FIGURAL' GROUPS
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The first group is carved and pierced with Li Taibo holding a cup and resting beside a large wine jar beneath a pine tree, the reverse carved with deer and lingzhi fungus, 18th-19th century. The second group is carved in the round with Shoulao, the hems of his robes incised, flanked by his attendant, a deer and a crane, 19th century. The carvings are of a deep, orange-red tone.
The larger 4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The first group is carved and pierced with Li Taibo holding a cup and resting beside a large wine jar beneath a pine tree, the reverse carved with deer and lingzhi fungus, 18th-19th century. The second group is carved in the round with Shoulao, the hems of his robes incised, flanked by his attendant, a deer and a crane, 19th century. The carvings are of a deep, orange-red tone.
The larger 4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Shoulao group: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 October 1993, lot 384.
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
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