THREE AMBER MOUNTAINS

QING DYNASTY

细节
THREE AMBER MOUNTAINS
Qing Dynasty
The largest carved in high relief on one side with a procession of figures on a mountain path, the first a bearded attendant carrying a box followed by a monkey holding the tether of a horse being ridden by an official, with a boar-like creature emerging from a crevice on the reverse; the second pierced and carved on one side with a scholar reclining beneath a pine tree and with two attendants on the reverse; the third and smallest carved on one side with a man holding a fan and a woman carrying buckets on a pole over her shoulder and with a bridge and willow tree on the reverse
7in. (18.4cm.) long; 4.7/8in. (12.3cm.) high with attached amber base; 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) long (3)