18TH CENTURY

Details

**A SMALL WELL-CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT STAG
18TH CENTURY
Shown lying atop a rockwork base carved around the sides with flowers and bamboo, its front legs bent and head raised alertly, the hide finely detailed with circles
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) long, box

Exhibited

London, Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., Oriental Works of Art, 10-21 June 202, no. 46.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

Realistic ivory carvings of animals appear to be fairly rare, but two figures of standing stags still retaining some of the original colored staining are published. One in the O.C.S. exhibition catalogue, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, British Museum, 24 May - 19 August 1984, no. 221; the other in Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 28 July - 14 October 1990, no. 152. The latter is shown standing on a green-stained ivory base that is similar in its carving to that of the present base.

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