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A SELECTION OF IVORY AND STAG ANTLER FIGURES OF
A GROUP OF FOUR IVORY STANDING FIGURES DONGFANG SHUO AND SHOULAO
17th/18th to 19th century
Ming Dynasty Comprising: two ivory figures of the Immortal wearing a cap and
Comprising: two standing ladies, modelled with short caps, their loose holding a fan, one with traces of pigment, wood stands; and two
robes deeply incised in a formulaic manner, wood stands; a figure of sectional stag antler figures, one of Shoulao, the other of Dongfang
Shoulao, his eyes downcast under the bulging brow, the ivory of a rich Shuo, wood stands.
tan tone, wood stand; and a standing figure of Guanyin, her locks finely The tallest: 25cm (10in) high (5).
detailed and held back, adorned with a beaded, looping headpiece,
her chest with a beaded necklace terminating in a flowerhead hidden £1,200 - 1,800
by the upper hem of the robe, the ivory of a rich, mottled beige and tan CNY10,000 - 16,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000
tone, wood stand
The tallest: 23.5cm (9 1/8in) high (6).

£1,200 - 1,800 Provenance
CNY10,000 - 16,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000 A Uruguayan Private Collection.

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A Uruguayan Private Collection FOUR IVORY FIGURES OF MAIDENS
Ming Dynasty
The modelling of the facial features and hair of the darker figure of Each modelled standing wearing elaborate, long, flowing robes, tied
Guanyin in the present lot (last to the right in the illustration) are very at the waist, one with jewelled adornments, the hair pulled up in a
comparable to those of another figure of Guanyin, sold in our New chignon, one of the figures holding a child, another with traces of red
Bond Street salerooms, on 7 November 2013, lot 315, especially in the and green pigments, ivory and wood stands.
detail of the carefully defined, swept back locks. The figures are further The largest 14cm (5.1/2in) high. (8).
related by the decorative motif of large flower-heads pending from
beaded strings. £1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000
Another figure with similarly-formed locks and the same detail of the
floral pendant hidden by the robe, is the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, Provenance
dated to the 12th-14th century by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Uruguayan Private Collection.
New York, Museum no. 34.26.2a,b. For further comparison, see an
ivory figure of Guanyin dated circa 1580-1644, illustrated in Chinese Compare the figure (to the far right of the illustration) with a similar
Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, pl.32. figure of a female Immortal, probably He Xiangu, Ming Dynasty,
Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, Oriental Ceramic Society,
1984, p.67, no.46.

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