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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  25 Oct 2016 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  83
• Lot Description:
  An intricately carved and reticulated tortoiseshell cricket cage Qing dynasty
  the cylindrical container finely carved and pierced with numerous butterflies fluttering above a densely entwined gourd vine bearing profuse fruit and foliage, the trembling butterflies carved free from the vine, with key fret borders at both ends and fitted with tortoiseshell plugs
  24.6 cm long
• Estimate:
  A$9,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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