A Rhinoceros Horn Magnolia-Form Libation Cup
A Pair of Ivory Table Screens
An Elaborately-Carved White Jade Pebble Snuff Bottle
Gui Shaped Bronze Burner Decorated with Gilded Dragon and Sea Creatures |
Ming/Qing Dynasty Well carved as an open magnolia blossom carved around the exterior with further blossoms and buds, all borne on a branch that forms the openwork base and the handle at one end, with a single stamen carved in high relief in the center of the interior below the overlapping petals, of deep honey color shading to a darker tone at the base. |
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