TWO FRAMED IVORY PLAQUES

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TWO FRAMED IVORY PLAQUES
18TH CENTURY

Each composed of separately carved joined plaques carved in low relief, both depicting Immortals, the first seated on a rock-form base borne on spume-flecked waves, with an attendent holding a bird perched on a branch below a pine tree, the second holding a slender bottle and flowering branch, dressed in flowing robes and standing on swirls of clouds with an attendent at her feet, each inset against a brocade mount--the ivory 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm.) high, framed and glazed (2)

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Lot Essay

Compare other plaques of this type: one of a set dated Yuan Dynasty from the David Collection illustrated by Jenyns, Chinese Art, The Minor Arts III, no. 117; and two dated 18th Century from the Kwan Collection, included in the exhibition, Chinese Ivories, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 1990, Catalogue nos. 159 and 160