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104
A burnt soapstone figure of a luohan, seated, with his right hand raised and clutching a rosary.

18th century
Height: 3 3/8”, 8.5 cm

105
A very fine soapstone carving of a luohan, seated on a base simulating rockwork.

17th/18th centuries
Height: 3 1/8”, 8 cm

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106
A fine soapstone figure of a luohan, seated, with his hands
cupping a shoe.

18th century
Height: 4 3/4”, 12.2 cm

107
A fine soapstone figure of a luohan, seated, his hands hold open his robe to reveal a mask of Buddha carved in high relief on his chest.

18th century
Total height: 4 3/4”, 12 cm

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108
A soapstone figure of a luohan, seated, his right hand rests on his right knee, and his left, holding a fly-whisk, rests on his raised left knee.

18th century
Total height: 4 7/8”, 12.5 cm

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109
A fine uncut soapstone seal of irregular form surmounted by a mythical beast.

18th century
Height: 3 3/4”, 9.5 cm

110
A burnt soapstone figure of a mythical beast.

18th century
Height: 3”, 7.6 cm

111
A fine uncut soapstone seal surmounted by a seated dog of fo.

18th century
Height: 3 1/8”, 8 cm

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112
A fine and rare rose quartz group pierced and worked as two vessels, one in the form of a section of tree trunk.

18th century
Height: 4 5/8” 11.8 cm

113
A rare rose quartz model of a boat with a canopy, an elderly man steers the tiller while two others lower the sail and a fourth man, wearing a straw hat, sits on the prow

19th century
Length: 6”, 15.2 cm

114
A very fine chalcedony group comprising two vases, each worked in the form of a length of knotty tree trunk.

18th century
Height: 5 1/2”, 14 cm

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115
A very fine rock crystal figure of a chimera.

Yuan or Ming dynasty
Length: 1 3/4”, 4.5 cm

116
A very fine amber carving of five scholars, wearing long, billowing robes, standing on a rocky mountain, below them a servant holds a board on which the Ba Gua, or Eight Trigrams, are depicted.

18th century
Total height: 5 1/2”, 14 cm

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117
A fine amber carving of a tiger on rockwork beside a gnarled pine tree, a monkey sits in hiding at the top of the tree.

18th century
Height: 3 5/8”, 9.3 cm

118
An amber group of a recumbent Buddhist lion with a cub on its back biting its ear.

18th century
Length: 3 1/4”, 8.6 cm

139
A zitan table screen, set with a rectangular panel of Dali marble

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140
A ying limestone scholar’s rock of dark brownish-grey colour.

18th century
Total length: 17 3/4”, 45 cm

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