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TWO LAPIS LAZULI VASES AND COVERS
Carved in high relief with a prunus tree on one side and a pine tree on the other, with four boys holding various objects standing on outcroppings of rocks at the base and beside the shoulder, the carving also incorporating a deer, a pair of birds and another recumbent bird grasping a prunus branch surmounting the cover, the mottled stone of rich blue and grey color; the other, carved in high relief around the sides and on the cover with playful Buddhistic lions and flaming pearls, the mottled stone of rich blue and buff color
Largest 127/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high (2)
Carved in high relief with a prunus tree on one side and a pine tree on the other, with four boys holding various objects standing on outcroppings of rocks at the base and beside the shoulder, the carving also incorporating a deer, a pair of birds and another recumbent bird grasping a prunus branch surmounting the cover, the mottled stone of rich blue and grey color; the other, carved in high relief around the sides and on the cover with playful Buddhistic lions and flaming pearls, the mottled stone of rich blue and buff color
Largest 127/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high (2)
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