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Auction archive: Lot number 65

A Chinese ivory cylindrical box and cover incised with a censer on a stand beside a ruyi sceptre, the reverse with lines of calligraphy -- 5½in. high; two Japanese ivory carvings of seated monkeys -- 1½in. high; an Indian ivory acrobat group of a fig...

Auction 20.05.1993
20 May 1993
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$309 - US$464
Price realised:
£132
ca. US$204
Auction archive: Lot number 65

A Chinese ivory cylindrical box and cover incised with a censer on a stand beside a ruyi sceptre, the reverse with lines of calligraphy -- 5½in. high; two Japanese ivory carvings of seated monkeys -- 1½in. high; an Indian ivory acrobat group of a fig...

Auction 20.05.1993
20 May 1993
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$309 - US$464
Price realised:
£132
ca. US$204
Beschreibung:

A Chinese ivory cylindrical box and cover incised with a censer on a stand beside a ruyi sceptre, the reverse with lines of calligraphy -- 5½in. high; two Japanese ivory carvings of seated monkeys -- 1½in. high; an Indian ivory acrobat group of a figure and child -- 3in. high; an ivory carving of an elephant -- 2¼in. high; a carving of a phoenix perched on rockwork -- 2in. high; and two paper knives, one with its handle modelled as a crocodile, the other as a bird -- 8½in. and 9½in. long. (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 65
Auction:
Datum:
20 May 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A Chinese ivory cylindrical box and cover incised with a censer on a stand beside a ruyi sceptre, the reverse with lines of calligraphy -- 5½in. high; two Japanese ivory carvings of seated monkeys -- 1½in. high; an Indian ivory acrobat group of a figure and child -- 3in. high; an ivory carving of an elephant -- 2¼in. high; a carving of a phoenix perched on rockwork -- 2in. high; and two paper knives, one with its handle modelled as a crocodile, the other as a bird -- 8½in. and 9½in. long. (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 65
Auction:
Datum:
20 May 1993
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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