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(US$5,000-6,000)
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AN UNUSUAL CORAL CARVING
The mottled material finely carved with a Buddhistic lion atop a rockwork base, its front paw resting on a ribboned brocade ball, with a second lion climbing on his back with a phoenix on his shoulder, pitted areas infilled (fine hairline cracks)
7 in. (18 cm.) long, box
The mottled material finely carved with a Buddhistic lion atop a rockwork base, its front paw resting on a ribboned brocade ball, with a second lion climbing on his back with a phoenix on his shoulder, pitted areas infilled (fine hairline cracks)
7 in. (18 cm.) long, box