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**THREE SMALL IVORY VESSELS
MING DYNASTY/18TH CENTURY
One an elegant vase of tapering, hexagonal form raised on a solid circular foot and surmounted by a waisted circular neck, Ming Dynasty; the second an hexagonal pear-shaped vase carved in high relief around the neck with a dragon grasping a sprig of lingzhi in its jaws below a flared mouth rim, raised on a stepped foot of conforming outline, Ming Dynasty; the third a rectangular incense holder, each facet finely carved against a star-pierced ground with scrolling tree trunks bearing blossoms of lotus, peony, prunus and pomegranate, bordered at the corners by poles entwined with dragons, the neck pierced and carved with dragons pursuing flaming pearls, and the everted, rounded mouth rim with further dragons, the base open, 18th century; all with a warm ochre patina
4 1/8, 5 1/8 and 5 7/8in. (10.5, 13 and 14.9cm.) high, one stand (3)
