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AN ELABORATE LAPIS LAZULI VASE AND COVER
Of double-gourd shape, carved in high relief and pierced with further gourd tendrils rising from a rockwork base and spreading around the vase, a bird in the upper branches and a lion below, the stone predominantly of very bright blue color with gray inclusions and gold and silver-colored flecks, the cover formed as the stem of the gourd
7in. (17.8cm.) high, wood stand
Of double-gourd shape, carved in high relief and pierced with further gourd tendrils rising from a rockwork base and spreading around the vase, a bird in the upper branches and a lion below, the stone predominantly of very bright blue color with gray inclusions and gold and silver-colored flecks, the cover formed as the stem of the gourd
7in. (17.8cm.) high, wood stand