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A RARE AMBER WATER POT
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Finely carved as a hollowed section of tree trunk from which grow flowering openwork branches that surround the sides and form a handle at one end, with two birds perched on the rim peering into the interior, the translucent amber of orange-russet color
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) across, box

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar amber water pot in the Drummond Collection illustrated by D.A. Grimaldi, Amber: Window to the Past, American Museum of Natural History, 1996, p. 208.

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