19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF POLYCHROME IVORY BEAUTIES
19th century
Each finely carved in the round within the curving shape of the tusk standing in long flowing robes incised with cloud scrolls and foliate patterns, variously holding a string of beads and a basket of flowers, the coiffed hair pulled back and pinned into a top knot, with tresses falling down the back, traces of the original blue, red, green and black pigments remaining, minor extremity chips, age cracks
28 in. (71 cm.) and 19½ in. (50 cm.) high, wood stands (2)

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Sale room notice

Please note that both figures are 50 cm high

Lot Essay

Compare the figure sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 26 April 1998, lot 567 and the ivory figure of a female Immortal with her clothes similarly picked out in colour, illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1990, no. 100.

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