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PROPERTY FROM THE LIZZADRO COLLECTION
A LARGE TWO-COLOR AMBER CARVING
1780-1880
Details
A LARGE TWO-COLOR AMBER CARVING
1780-1880
The irregular piece of amber is well carved in high relief on one side with a hawk or eagle standing on a rock beside a squirrel and below the leaves of a tree that grows on the reverse where a pair of birds is perched in the branches above lingzhi. The leaves of the tree and the rocks are highlighted by the opaque, amber-buff areas.
3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm.) high
1780-1880
The irregular piece of amber is well carved in high relief on one side with a hawk or eagle standing on a rock beside a squirrel and below the leaves of a tree that grows on the reverse where a pair of birds is perched in the branches above lingzhi. The leaves of the tree and the rocks are highlighted by the opaque, amber-buff areas.
3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.
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