Page 213 - Bonhams May 12 16 London

192

192 Y Ф
A PAIR OF IVORY KNEELING BOYS
18th/19th century
The two squat figures kneeling on one knee, dressed in flowing robes
with red, green and blue pigment, both with round and smiling faces
flanked by tufts of hair coiffured into a bun and with arms outstretched
behind as if to support a weighty load, wood stands.
Each 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high (4).

£3,000 - 5,000 CNY28,000 - 46,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000

十八/十九世紀 牙雕蹲跪童子托 一對
Provenance: A distinguished European private collection
來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏

Compare with a related ivory figure of a boy enamelled in colours,
18th century, illustrated by R.S.Jenyns, Chinese Art: Textiles, Glass
and Painting on Glass, Carvings in Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn,
Carvings in Hardstones, Snuff Bottles, Inkcakes and Inkstones, Oxford,
1981, pl.96. See also a related ivory figure of a kneeling boy dressed
as a foreigner, 17th century, which was sold in our London rooms, 16
May 2013, lot 366.

193 Y Ф
AN IVORY FIGURE OF VAJRAPUTRA
Late 19th/early 20th century
The crisply carved luohan with long flowing robes supporting on his
left hand a Buddhist lion playfully tugging a large earring attached to
his pendulous left ear, his face humorously contorted and right hand
raised in consternation, wood stand attached.
38cm (15in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000 CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

十九世紀末/二十世紀初 牙雕伐闍羅弗多羅尊者立像 193
Provenance: a distinguished European private collection
來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏