A carved ivory 'ladies in landscape' snuff bottle
Qing dynasty
Finely carved as a vase of elongated cylindrical form with domed cover, intricately carved in varying levels of relief with two panels, one with a lady bearing a ewer, the other with a lady waving a fan, both in garden settings, separated from each other by plantain and pine, above and below bands of ruyi at the foot and neck.
7.6cm high.
Finely carved as a vase of elongated cylindrical form with domed cover, intricately carved in varying levels of relief with two panels, one with a lady bearing a ewer, the other with a lady waving a fan, both in garden settings, separated from each other by plantain and pine, above and below bands of ruyi at the foot and neck.
7.6cm high.
Sold for
HK$ 43,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 清 象牙雕庭院仕女鼻煙壺
壺呈梅瓶形，圓圈足，通體浮雕，肩飾雲肩紋，一面雕仕女在院中托壺，後有薔薇籬笆，另一面雕仕女攜扇過橋，兩面分別以松樹和蕉樹相間，雕工精細，每一個細部都代交清潔，甚有中國畫之詩意。
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