18TH/19TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL SMALL CHLOROMELANITE VASE
18th/19th Century
Finely carved in imitation of a flattened pilgrim's flask raised on a spreading rectangular pedestal foot, both sides carved in low relief with two sinuous dragons with conjoined tails facing each other within a double C-scroll reserve, with a pair of small mask handles on the shoulder below a circular neck rising to a flared rim, the dense stone of emerald-green tone with white veins and black mottling
4.3/8in. (11.1cm.) high
18th/19th Century
Finely carved in imitation of a flattened pilgrim's flask raised on a spreading rectangular pedestal foot, both sides carved in low relief with two sinuous dragons with conjoined tails facing each other within a double C-scroll reserve, with a pair of small mask handles on the shoulder below a circular neck rising to a flared rim, the dense stone of emerald-green tone with white veins and black mottling
4.3/8in. (11.1cm.) high