19TH CENTURY
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A FINE SET OF EIGHTEEN IVORY CARVINGS OF LUOHAN
19th century
Each figure carved as a bald old man with individual expression, wearing loose robes with embroidered hems standing on an oval pierced rockwork base, each represented with a distinctive attribute, including lingzhi, bat, dragon and flaming pearl and finger citrus, age cracks and patination
each approximately 11 in. (28 cm.) high (18)
19th century
Each figure carved as a bald old man with individual expression, wearing loose robes with embroidered hems standing on an oval pierced rockwork base, each represented with a distinctive attribute, including lingzhi, bat, dragon and flaming pearl and finger citrus, age cracks and patination
each approximately 11 in. (28 cm.) high (18)
Provenance
Sassoon Ivories Trust nos.328/304, 327/303, 334/299 and 302, 337/644,
338/645, 342/649, 343/311, 345/653, 348/651, 349/652, 356/308, 347/650, 350/654, 361/295, 393/301, 354/658, 353/657
338/645, 342/649, 343/311, 345/653, 348/651, 349/652, 356/308, 347/650, 350/654, 361/295, 393/301, 354/658, 353/657