Lot Essay
(US$6,000-8,000)
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AN AMBER LOTUS BRUSH WASHER AND STAND
18TH CENTURY
The washer carved and incised as a hollowed lotus flower issuing from a curling stem with a chilong clambering on one side, the green-stained ivory stand carved as a curling lotus leaf with pods and flowers, a small toad and molluscs (chips, stand repaired)
4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) wide, box (3)
18TH CENTURY
The washer carved and incised as a hollowed lotus flower issuing from a curling stem with a chilong clambering on one side, the green-stained ivory stand carved as a curling lotus leaf with pods and flowers, a small toad and molluscs (chips, stand repaired)
4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) wide, box (3)