Lot Essay
Xi Wang Mu and Dong Wang Gong are the mythical Queen Mother of the West and her consort, here on the occasion of her birthday.
LATE QING DYNASTY
Details
AN IVORY BALUSTER VASE
late qing dynasty
Carved in high relief around the body with Xi Wang Mu and Dong Wang Gong each on a raised terrace amidst various fantastic figures paying tribute, all on and amongst cloud scrolls and waves, the waisted neck embellished with two Buddhistic lion masks suspending fixed rings and incised with stiff leaves and a lotus meander, age cracks
9¾in. (25cm.) high
late qing dynasty
Carved in high relief around the body with Xi Wang Mu and Dong Wang Gong each on a raised terrace amidst various fantastic figures paying tribute, all on and amongst cloud scrolls and waves, the waisted neck embellished with two Buddhistic lion masks suspending fixed rings and incised with stiff leaves and a lotus meander, age cracks
9¾in. (25cm.) high
Literature
The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, compiled by S.E. Lucas, London 1950, vol.2, no.513 (A and B)