Lemon-shaped paperweight, creator unknown, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, Buddha's hand fingered lemon motif, 18th–19th century, sculpture, height 6.0 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 5.7 cm., An irregular, bulbous object with a glossy, translucent surface sits on a smooth, flat surface against a dark gradient background; the object shows a mix of colors including reddish-brown, amber, orange, cream, and pale gray, with clustered, lobed protrusions and rounded, layered forms that create a textured, almost crystalline appearance, and a soft shadow falls to the left on the pale surface beneath it.
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Lemon-shaped paperweight, creator unknown, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, Buddha's hand fingered lemon motif, 18th–19th century, sculpture, height 6.0 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 5.7 cm., An irregular, bulbous object with a glossy, translucent surface sits on a smooth, flat surface against a dark gradient background; the object shows a mix of colors including reddish-brown, amber, orange, cream, and pale gray, with clustered, lobed protrusions and rounded, layered forms that create a textured, almost crystalline appearance, and a soft shadow falls to the left on the pale surface beneath it.

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Lemon-shaped paperweight creator unknown Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 Buddha's hand fingered lemon motif 18th–19th century sculpture height 6.0 cm width 9.7 cm depth 5.7 cm irregular bulbous object glossy translucent surface sits smooth flat surface dark gradient background object mix colors reddish-brown amber orange cream pale gray clustered lobed protrusions rounded layered forms create textured almost crystalline appearance soft shadow falls left pale surface beneath .

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