Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 21 September 1995, lot 385.
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THE PROPERTY OF A FAR EASTERN COLLECTOR
TWO FINE AND RARE AMBER CARVINGS
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TWO FINE AND RARE AMBER CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH 19TH CENTURY
The smaller, a seal finely carved with a tiger cut from the darker opaque area of amber with its tail raised, standing before a cloud formation, with a bearded, scaly dargon chasing a sacred pearl cut from the paler transparent amber; the larger carving a pierced rectangular plaque of transparent tone carved with a tiger under pine and amidst lingzhi on one side and a dragon above waves amidst clouds on the other
1 5/8 and 2 7/16 in. (4.2 and 6.3 cm.) high, box
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QING DYNASTY, 18TH 19TH CENTURY
The smaller, a seal finely carved with a tiger cut from the darker opaque area of amber with its tail raised, standing before a cloud formation, with a bearded, scaly dargon chasing a sacred pearl cut from the paler transparent amber; the larger carving a pierced rectangular plaque of transparent tone carved with a tiger under pine and amidst lingzhi on one side and a dragon above waves amidst clouds on the other
1 5/8 and 2 7/16 in. (4.2 and 6.3 cm.) high, box
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