AFTERNOON SESSION
at 2.30 p.m. precisely (lots 203-end)
IVORY CARVINGS
TWO TALL IVORY CARVINGS OF STANDING IMMORTALS
19TH CENTURY
Details
TWO TALL IVORY CARVINGS OF STANDING IMMORTALS
19th century
Each leaning gently to the right with the natural curve of the elephant's tooth, with protruding foreheads and curly beards, standing in flowing robes on separately carved cylindrical pedestals, one figure beside a large bell and holding another bell and a flywhisk in his hands, the other with a tiered pagoda before his chest, age cracks at reverse and minor extremity chips
31½in. (80cm.) high (2)
19th century
Each leaning gently to the right with the natural curve of the elephant's tooth, with protruding foreheads and curly beards, standing in flowing robes on separately carved cylindrical pedestals, one figure beside a large bell and holding another bell and a flywhisk in his hands, the other with a tiered pagoda before his chest, age cracks at reverse and minor extremity chips
31½in. (80cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Sassoon Ivories Trust nos. 265/605 and 257/1317