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A fine late 18th / early 19th century Chinese export carved ivory and hardstone diorama of figures in a terraced garden Qing dynasty, circa 1800 (3) image 1
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A fine late 18th / early 19th century Chinese export carved ivory and hardstone diorama of figures in a terraced garden Qing dynasty, circa 1800 (3) image 3
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A fine late 18th / early 19th century Chinese export carved ivory and hardstone diorama of figures in a terraced garden Qing dynasty, circa 1800 (3) image 6
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A fine late 18th / early 19th century Chinese export carved ivory and hardstone diorama of figures in a terraced garden
Qing dynasty, circa 1800

Fine Decorative Arts, 1200-1900
23 June 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A fine late 18th / early 19th century Chinese export carved ivory and hardstone diorama of figures in a terraced garden

Qing dynasty, circa 1800
the elaborately detailed scenic group depicting a large gathering of scholars within a naturalistic setting bounded by geometric and roundel pierced paling, variously playing musical instruments, playing go, and practising calligraphy and painting, a number of boys in attendance and a goat herd in the background, the overhanging gilt lacquered leafy and flowering trees and shrubs decorated in coral, agate, amber, pearl, kingfisher feather and other hardstones, the figures and garden setting in polychrome and gilt decorated ivory, set on a carved hongmu stand, together with a modern fitted Perspex cover and storage case,
52cm wide x 43cm high x 31.5cm deep including the stand (3)

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Provenance
Property of a lady.
Received as a wedding gift in Penang in 1884 and thence by family descent.

For other examples of elaborately modelled ivory and hardstone dioramas in the Victoria and Albert Museum see: a model of a Daoist temple, accession number 9347 (IS)/1; a model of a mountain scene, accession number 9349 (IS); and another similar, accession number 9346 (IS). Also see a large ivory model of a temple garden, Hatfield House Collection.

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