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A BOXWOOD CARVING OF A LOTUS LEAF
17TH CENTURY
Finely carved as a lotus leaf with thin sides curled upward and frayed at the edges above irregular holes to simulate those made by insects, with three small crabs clinging to the sides beside a lotus flower with open petals exposing the pod to the centre, each borne from a naturalistically carved ribbed stem--5 1/2in. (14cm.) wide, stand
17TH CENTURY
Finely carved as a lotus leaf with thin sides curled upward and frayed at the edges above irregular holes to simulate those made by insects, with three small crabs clinging to the sides beside a lotus flower with open petals exposing the pod to the centre, each borne from a naturalistically carved ribbed stem--5 1/2in. (14cm.) wide, stand