AN INLAID BRONZE TORTOISE-FORM WEIGHT
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
AN INLAID BRONZE TORTOISE-FORM WEIGHT

YUAN/MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

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AN INLAID BRONZE TORTOISE-FORM WEIGHT
YUAN/MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
Realistically modelled in the form of a tortoise, the rounded shell inlaid with turquoise and gold foil arranged in a geometric pattern, the legs and neck embellished with further silver and gold foil in archaistic scrolls, the eyes picked out in ruby-red glass paste.
2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm.) long, box

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