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370 370 Y
A carved ivory box and hinged cover
371 First half of the 19th century
The sides of the box raised on a stepped lobed
372 base and intricately carved with dense scenes
402 | Bonhams of smiling villagers enjoying daily activities
including farming, visiting friends, transporting
goods, punting a covered raft and relaxing
with fans, each ivory panel neatly dovetailed
at the corners, the hinged lobed cover similarly
carved in the lobed cartouche with figures
in a boat beside a pagoda, all surrounded by
birds amid flowering and fruiting branches
including peony, peach, finger citron, lotus and
magnolia.
26cm (10¼in) long
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$59,000 - 94,000 CNY47,000 - 75,000

十九世紀上半期 象牙鏤雕人物故事圖長方蓋盒

371 Y
An ivory carving of figures within a gourd
19th century
Carefully carved as a gourd on elaborately
tendrilled stem, one side open to reveal a scene
of four generals on horseback armed with
spears accompanied by two foot soldiers with
swords and a boy waving a banner, all in front
of a walled citadel.
13cm (5 1/8in) high
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000 CNY19,000 - 28,000

十九世紀 象牙鏤雕人物故事圖葫蘆式擺件

372 † Y

An ivory ‘birds and chicks’ brushrest
Late Qing Dynasty
Delicately carved as two adult birds perched on
a gnarled trunk, one looking down at its chick
chirping with wings outspread as four other
chicks gather within the protective hollow of
the twisting trunk.
15.5cm (6 1/8in) long
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000 CNY19,000 - 28,000

清晚期 象牙雕鳥式筆座