SEVEN IVORY CARVINGS,** including a figure of a farmer carrying a sheaf of fruit and a bag, with flowers and faggots strapped to his back--6¾ in. high; a whimsical carving of frogs on rockwork--6½ in. high; a Sino-Tibetan style Yabyum group on a lotus base--5 in. high; an unusual carving of a tengu launching an arrow using his nose, with a monkey at his feet--3½ in. high; a small brush pot carved with two figures in a pine grove, possibly Chinese--3 1/8 in. high; a small Chinese tusk-section plaque carved with Guanyin beneath a tree--4¼ in. high; and a small finial carved as a flower upon a stepped circular base--2¼ in. high (7)

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SEVEN IVORY CARVINGS,** including a figure of a farmer carrying a sheaf of fruit and a bag, with flowers and faggots strapped to his back--6¾ in. high; a whimsical carving of frogs on rockwork--6½ in. high; a Sino-Tibetan style Yabyum group on a lotus base--5 in. high; an unusual carving of a tengu launching an arrow using his nose, with a monkey at his feet--3½ in. high; a small brush pot carved with two figures in a pine grove, possibly Chinese--3 1/8 in. high; a small Chinese tusk-section plaque carved with Guanyin beneath a tree--4¼ in. high; and a small finial carved as a flower upon a stepped circular base--2¼ in. high (7)

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