A Chinese amber pendant

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A Chinese amber pendant
modelled as a finger citron, pierced and carved with a bat in flight above blossoming peach sprays -- 2¾in. (7cm) long; a mottled agate flattened pendant modelled as a cicada -- 2¾in. (7cm) long; a yellow agate oval pendant carved with a horse below clouds, the reverse with a monkey among rockwork -- 2in. (5cm) long; and a mottled jadeite ruyi sceptre carved with peach sprays above bats, shou symbols and a swastika -- 6½in. (16.5cm) long.
See Colour Plate 10. (4)

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