17TH/18TH CENTURY

Details

A SMALL IVORY QUADRILOBED VASE
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of bottle shape, the sides lobed from the flat foot to the flat rim, the corners indented, with recessed circular base, the ivory of warm tone
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, stand, box

Provenance

Acquired 1949-70s.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A vase of this type dated 18th century is illustrated in Chinese Ivories from Shang to the Qing, London, Oriental Ceramic Society, The British Museum, 1984, p. 165, no. 210. Another dated Shunzhi-Kangxi (1644-1722) is illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990, no. 118.

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