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AN IVORY FIGURE OF A BOY
MYANMAR OR THAILAND, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
17 cm (6 3/4 in.) high

HKD60,000 - 80,000

緬甸或泰國 十八/十九世紀 象牙男童像

Carved in the round, this spirited, cherubic boy would have served
as a talisman, and his sound condition demonstrates that he was
handled with great care. For related examples, see Tardy, Les Ivoires,
Part II, 1977, p.204, as well as a Thai piece deaccessioned from the
Pitt Rivers Museum in Sotheby’s, London, 25 November 1980, lot
191.

Provenance
Sotheby’s, Paris, 13 June 2012, lot 49
Private Collection, United Kingdom

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