19TH CENTURY
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TWO CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELLS
19TH CENTURY
The first carved in relief to the surface with an elderly figure seated before a dwelling watching and directing as a boy pulls a bull along by the tether; the other painted to the surface with a long tailed bird seated amongst flowering peony, prunus and bamboo, each standing upon a carved and pierced wood stand
Carved shell and stand, 14 1/8in. (36cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY
The first carved in relief to the surface with an elderly figure seated before a dwelling watching and directing as a boy pulls a bull along by the tether; the other painted to the surface with a long tailed bird seated amongst flowering peony, prunus and bamboo, each standing upon a carved and pierced wood stand
Carved shell and stand, 14 1/8in. (36cm.) high (2)
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