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**A RARE EARLY MING CARVED IVORY MUSICAL CLAPPER
15TH CENTURY
Of tapering rectangular form, carved in low relief on one side with a continuous lotus scroll bearing four large blossoms rising from a rock at the broader end and terminating below a trefoil at the other end, all within a narrow border and pierced with two circular apertures incorporated into the design, the reverse plain, with a russet patina (rim chips)
7 1/8in. (18cm.) long
15TH CENTURY
Of tapering rectangular form, carved in low relief on one side with a continuous lotus scroll bearing four large blossoms rising from a rock at the broader end and terminating below a trefoil at the other end, all within a narrow border and pierced with two circular apertures incorporated into the design, the reverse plain, with a russet patina (rim chips)
7 1/8in. (18cm.) long
Provenance
Michel Duchange, Paris
Exhibited
London, The British Museum, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, May 24-August 19, 1984