A LARGE AMBER VASE AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of archaistic flattened baluster shape, the narrow sides with lion-masks suspending loose-rings, carved with shallow relief bands of ruyi between key-fret, the shoulder with further ruyi and stylised shou characters, the domed cover surmounted with a Buddhist lion and cub finial, the amber of an even transluscent orange tone
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
A LARGE AMBER VASE AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of archaistic flattened baluster shape, the narrow sides with lion-masks suspending loose-rings, carved with shallow relief bands of ruyi between key-fret, the shoulder with further ruyi and stylised shou characters, the domed cover surmounted with a Buddhist lion and cub finial, the amber of an even transluscent orange tone
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
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