Details
TWO IVORY CARVINGS, the first representing Guanyin, her right hand resting on her right knee, holding a ruyi sceptre in her left hand, her hair in a top knot and her robes open to reveal a jewelled necklace, 23cm. high; the second a figure of a woman dancing with her right hand raised, her robes tied around the waist and standing on a ropetwist base (old restoration), both 19th Century (2)
Literature
The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, vol.1, p.167, no.125 (the figure of Guanyin); p.279, no.204 (the dancing girl)