A FINELY CARVED IVORY BOWL AND COVER

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A FINELY CARVED IVORY BOWL AND COVER
18TH CENTURY

The deep bowl with flared sides and the domed cover both finely carved in relief to the exterior with a pair of butterflies among gnarled aged melon vines bearing fruit and flowers, the twisted vine forming the ringfoot, traces of pigment remaining (rim polished)
4 5/8in. (11.6cm.) diam., box (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. a similar bowl, but without a cover, from the de Menasce Collection, illustrated by Jenyns, Chinese Art, The Minor Arts, vol. II, no. 128; and an 18th century ivory bowl and cover carved to the exterior with the 'three friends of winter' illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, no. 165.

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