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A FINE IVORY CYLINDRICAL COSMETICS BOX AND COVER
18th/19th century
The cover carved in low relief with an elegant lady on a riverbank
before bamboo, blossoming prunus and pierced rockwork, amongst
swirling clouds, the underside carved with a figure holding aloft a
beribboned ball above an animated lion, the sides with a meander of
leafy, flowering stems, reticulated wood stand.
8.2cm (3.1/4in) diam. (3).
£3,000 - 4,000
CNY26,000 - 34,000 HK$30,000 - 40,000
Provenance
A Uruguayan Private Collection.
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