Details
TWO IVORY WRIST RESTS, the first carved in high relief with twelve men in attendance to the twelve celestial animals, Shi'er Dizhi, the reverse carved in low relief with a fisherman by a cliff (minute damage), late 18th/19th Century, 21.8cm. long, wood stand; the second carved with three episodes from Xi Xiangchi in deep relief, the reverse with a winter landscape depicting a scholar on horse-back crossing a bridge with his attendant, late 18th/19th Century
20cm. long (2)
20cm. long (2)
Literature
The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, vol. II, no.582, p.811 and vol. II, no.545, p.765