19TH CENTURY
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AN IVORY PUZZLE BALL
19th century
The elaborately carved ball worked on the exterior with writhing dragons on the exterior, the interior balls carved and pierced with diaper patterns, the ball resting on a tall ivory stand carved in one section with a continual scene of travelers in a landscape mounted onto a thin pole inset into the base in the form of an immortal holding a staff and sceptre standing on an elaborate base carved in low relief with writhing dragons
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high
19th century
The elaborately carved ball worked on the exterior with writhing dragons on the exterior, the interior balls carved and pierced with diaper patterns, the ball resting on a tall ivory stand carved in one section with a continual scene of travelers in a landscape mounted onto a thin pole inset into the base in the form of an immortal holding a staff and sceptre standing on an elaborate base carved in low relief with writhing dragons
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high