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A CARVED IVORY ‘LANDSCAPE’ VASE
LATE QING DYNASTY

nely carved to each side with a shield-shaped panel enclosing
the a monastery in Hangzhou, the waisted neck carved with

oral strapwork and anked by a pair of monster mask handles
25.5 cm, 10 in.

LITERATURE
S.E. Lucas, The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London,
1950, vol. II, no. 459.

Ⴚ£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,000-48,300 US$ 3,750-6,300

S E Lucas 1950 2 459

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A CARVED IVORY BALUSTER VASE
LATE QING DYNASTY

deeply carved around the exterior with a scene of the Tang
Emperor and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Pear Garden, all
between a lotus lappet band at the base and ruyi, lotus scroll
and sti leaf bands at the shoulder and rim, wood stand
(2)
21.5 cm, 8½ in.

LITERATURE

S.E. Lucas, The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London,
1950, vol. II, no. 523.

Ⴚ£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,000-48,300 US$ 3,750-6,300

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1950 2 523 256

A CARVED IVORY VASE
LATE QING DYNASTY

carved around the exterior with the Eight Immortals and
duelling dragons, the tall waisted neck carved with a sti leaf
band divided by a pair of monster mask handles, the base
carved with an apocryphal Zhengde mark
30.6 cm, 12⅛ in.

LITERATURE
S.E. Lucas, The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, London,
1950, vol. II, no. 472.

Ⴚ£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,000-48,300 US$ 3,750-6,300

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