CIRCA 1900

Details

A PAINTED IVORY FIGURE OF A MAIDEN
CIRCA 1900
The graceful, slender figure wearing long robes with incised flower sprays, tied with a long tasseled cord draped next to her basket of flowers, the face finely carved with delicate features and her hair drawn up into an elaborate topknot, with traces of pigments remaining
25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) high, fitted wooden box

Provenance

From a UK Private Collection.

Special Notice

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