THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
TWO FINE AND RARE AMBER CARVINGS
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TWO FINE AND RARE AMBER CARVINGS
18TH/19TH CENTURIES
The smaller a seal cleverly carved with a tiger cut from the darker opaque area of amber with its tail raised, standing before a cloud formation, with a bearded, scaly dragon chasing a sacred pearl cut from the paler transparent amber (minute nibbles); the larger carving a pierced rectangular plaque of transparent tone carved with a tiger under pine and amidst lingzhi on one side and a dragon above waves and amidst clouds on the other (minor nibbles)
1 5/8 and 2 7/16in. (4.2 and 6.3cm.) high, wood stands (2)
18TH/19TH CENTURIES
The smaller a seal cleverly carved with a tiger cut from the darker opaque area of amber with its tail raised, standing before a cloud formation, with a bearded, scaly dragon chasing a sacred pearl cut from the paler transparent amber (minute nibbles); the larger carving a pierced rectangular plaque of transparent tone carved with a tiger under pine and amidst lingzhi on one side and a dragon above waves and amidst clouds on the other (minor nibbles)
1 5/8 and 2 7/16in. (4.2 and 6.3cm.) high, wood stands (2)