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Lot 1048
A Chinese Carved Amethyst Covered Urn Lamp
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
With a dragon carved in high relief encircling the covered urn, swirling clouds to the right hand side, the cover of the urn is topped with a foo lion finial clutching in his mouth a ruyi scepter, mounted on a carved lingzhi stand and set onto a tiered bronze lamp mount, a single lightbulb fixture runs alongside the covered urn.

HOA 21 1/8 in., Covered Urn only 6 1/2 in.

From the Collection of the late Michael Joyce and Archie Carter III, Greensboro, North Carolina
Proceeds to Benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry

A few breaks with losses to carved urn and cover; urn not examined outside of its wooden mount; not clear if urn has been drilled or not; crystal sphere