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A GOURD CRICKET CAGE
QING DYNASTY

Finely heat-engraved around the bulbous body with four five-clawed dragons and a flaming pearl amidst billowing clouds, the bone rim carved with the attributes of the eight Immortals, the cover with the eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, below a hen with chicks under a tortoiseshell cage--6¾in. (17.2cm.) long, box

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