AN EXPORT IVORY OCTAGONAL SEWING-BOX AND COVER

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AN EXPORT IVORY OCTAGONAL SEWING-BOX AND COVER
19TH CENTURY

Intricately carved with various figures in boats, pavilions and on foot amidst trees, the top enclosed by a band of flower-heads, birds and insects and the edges variously decorated with bamboo and key-fret designs, the interior fitted with bobbins, needle-case, spindles and thimble, supported on eight claw-feet and applied with metal handles, hinges and lock (age cracks)
10 1/2in. (27cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Cf. an octagonal ivory sewing-box included in the exhibition at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, Catalogue, 1990, no.178; and the rectangular ivory sewing-box sold in these Rooms, 29 October 1995, lot 543

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