SUNDAY, 30 APRIL 1995
AT 5:30 P.M. PRECISELY
(LOTS 501-611)
BAMBOO, IVORY AND HARDWOOD CARVINGS
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A MOULDED GOURD CRICKET CAGE AND COVER
Details
A MOULDED GOURD CRICKET CAGE AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Formed with the elegant oblong body rising to a flared neck set with an ivory rim, crisply moulded around the sides to simulate basket weave between bands of ruyi-heads, the ivory cover mounted with a tortoiseshell dome reticulated with a coiled dragon amid figures and various sea creatures above a pierced 'cash' screen--6 1/2in. (16.5cm.) high
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Formed with the elegant oblong body rising to a flared neck set with an ivory rim, crisply moulded around the sides to simulate basket weave between bands of ruyi-heads, the ivory cover mounted with a tortoiseshell dome reticulated with a coiled dragon amid figures and various sea creatures above a pierced 'cash' screen--6 1/2in. (16.5cm.) high