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FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF AN ITALIAN NOBLE LADY
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DODICI OGGETTI IN AVORIO UNITI A DUE BASI IN LEGNO, CINA, EPOCA XVIII – XIX SECOLO
TWELVE IVORY OBJECTS TOGETHER WITH TWO WOOD STANDS, CHINA, PERIOD 18TH-19TH CENTURY (14)
Four are masks, of which a very fine little immortal painted as a soapstone, a small boulder grotto with sages, a boat
with figures, a little box and cover carved in high relief, two half-moons open-work decorated with a citron-finger plant
with foliage and the other with peaches, a small open-work brush-pot with figure and pavilion on a landscape, and a
Japanese Shibayama Inro. Over all the pieces The archaistic wood stand one has a detached piece and the other
with very small pieces lost and both with very small nicks and wear; the ivory : all with light wear, the brush-pot has
missed his base, the immortal with few small pieces lost, the grotto in good condition as well as for the masks and the
boat, the half-moon in good conditions only very small chips.
9,9 cm max high, 15,4 cm max wide
€ 500 - 700
Provenance: private property of a northern Italian gentleman
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