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A very large pair of ivory carvings of a Lady
Immortal
Late Qing Dynasty/early Republic
Carved in mirror image as a slender lady with hair wound around
a pin shaped as a tasselled bird’s head, her facial features sharply
carved with arching brows and a long nose, each figure holding a
leafy peony stem in each hand, the flowers and petals finely carved
against the smooth folds of the long flowing robe, the lower hand
also holding a bamboo staff, wood stands.
Each 66.5cm (26 1/8in) high (4).
£15,000 - 20,000
HK$190,000 - 250,000 CNY150,000 - 200,000
清晚期/民國早期 象牙雕仙女一對
Provenance: Charles Brooking Compton (1876-1935), and thence
by descent
A European private collection
來源：Charles Brooking Compton (1876-1935)藏品，並由家族繼承
下去
歐洲私人收藏

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