LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF PARTIALLY STAINED IVORY BAMBOO-FORM SCROLL WEIGHTS
LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Each finely and realistically carved in high relief on one side as a convex section of bamboo with insect-nibbled leaves, the reverse carved as the inside of the stalk divided into two concave sections by the node, the sections carved in high relief with various insects including a grasshopper, lady bug and cicada in one weight, and a dragon fly, lady bug and beetle in the other, the insects highlighted with staining
10 1/8 and 9¼ in. (25.7 and 23.5 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

Formerly J.M. Hu Collection.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Compare a very similar bamboo-form ivory paperweight, also carved on the interior with insects, dated to the late Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, Shanghai, 2009, p. 158, no. 138.

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