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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A CARVED AND STAINED IVORY BOX
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of oval form and carved in high relief, with panels variously depicting figures telling the stories of scholars playing weiqi, a lady on her death bed, and a digitary being pulled in a carriage, on a ground of stylised taotie masks
5½in. (14cm.) wide, wood stand
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of oval form and carved in high relief, with panels variously depicting figures telling the stories of scholars playing weiqi, a lady on her death bed, and a digitary being pulled in a carriage, on a ground of stylised taotie masks
5½in. (14cm.) wide, wood stand
Special notice
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