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A RARE IVORY LOBED BOX AND COVER Lobed boxes, such as the present example, were probably intended
Yuan Dynasty to store cosmetics, combs, hairpins, and other adornments. See a
The box of lobed ovoid shape concealing a cylindrical interior, rising very similar six-lobed ivory box and cover, Yuan dynasty, illustrated
from a flat base to a waisted shoulder, finely carved with elaborate by R.Kerr, Chinese Ivory Carvings: The Sir Victor Sassoon Collection,
designs continuing into the cover of five shaped cartouches, each London, 2016, p.72, no.T107. See also another similar ivory box and
depicting a different blossoming flower amidst leafy vines, alternating cover, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by S.Lee and Wai Kam-Ho, Chinese Art
with double ruyi designs over three vertical ridges, the domed cover under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), Cleveland, 1968,
with a flat top deeply carved with a central medallion depicting figures no.299.
within a multi-gabled pavilions beneath a pine tree.
6cm (2 2/8in) high. (2).
£12,000 - 18,000
CNY110,000 - 160,000
元 象牙鏤雕山水紋蓋盒

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