LATE QING DYNASTY
Details
A LARGE IVORY CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT
late qing dynasty
Well carved in high relief around the exterior with a continuous scene of village folk enjoying a meal on a riverbank and others in boats involved in various activities including tending geese, preparing food, washing children, fishing with cormorants and playing the flute, amongst mountains, trees and inhabited houses, age cracks, some small losses
8¾in. (22.5cm.) high
late qing dynasty
Well carved in high relief around the exterior with a continuous scene of village folk enjoying a meal on a riverbank and others in boats involved in various activities including tending geese, preparing food, washing children, fishing with cormorants and playing the flute, amongst mountains, trees and inhabited houses, age cracks, some small losses
8¾in. (22.5cm.) high
Literature
The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, compiled by S.E. Lucas, London 1950, vol.3, no.664