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Lot 463
A Chinese carved ivory fan, Canton, 19th C. L: 27 cm (when closed) Condition: The segments detached as the ribbon is torn on many places. Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 584
A set of 9 small Japanese ivory carvings, incl. netsuke, on a small red lacquer table, 19th/early 20th C. H.: 6,5 cm (the tallest) The stand: 13,5 x 13,5 cm Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 886
A very rare Chinese carved rhinoceros horn Buddha figure, 19th C. Please not that we strongly oppose the illegal trade in rhinoceros horn products. This set was legally acquired and can, according to CITES regulations, be legally traded. Exportation of this piece outside of the EU is prohibited by Cites regulation. The piece comes with a hand-written provenance description, and the original photo of the owner with the statue in Belgian Congo. Dim.: 13,4 x 18,2 cm Weight: 1,061 kg Provenance: Acquired in Belgian Congo, before 1936, when it was brought to Belgium by a family member of the present owner. Accompanied by a photograph made in Kilo, Congo, ca. 1930. The monk Budai, also known as the Laughing Buddha, is an incarnation of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha predicted to succeed Gautama Buddha in the future. Typically depicted with a joyful expression and wearing loose fitting robes to reveal his plump stomach seated representing contentment and abundance, Budai is also associated with the protection of children and is often shown with small children playfully climbing on his belly or back. Figural carvings from rhinoceros horn are rare but the most common depictions include Manjusri and Budai. Another carving of Budai formerly in the Ruth Dreyfus and Arthur M. Sackler collections is illustrated by Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 117 no.69, and again by J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 327 and was sold at Christie's New York, 1 December 1994, lot 28. Another related example formerly in the George and Mary Bloch collection illustrated by J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 327, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 34. A rhinoceros horn carving of Budai attributed to the late Ming dynasty but lacking a reign mark in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Shanghai, 2001, no. 138; and another in the Shanghai Museum, is illustrated in Shanghai bowuguan Jikan, vol. 6, 1992, fig. 28. Another Budai carving, attributed to the Wan-Li period, was sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, May 27, 2008, Important Chinese Rhinoceros Horn Carvings from the Songzhutang Collection, lot 1727. Condition reports and high resolution pictures are available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com
Lot 161
LOT OF COLLECTABLES including a vintage cast metal novelty character savings bank figure - possibly American, 16cm high, small Mary Gregory glass mug, Central American pottery figure, Indian ivory carving of Ganesh, Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball, other small ivory carvings, Highland Piper cast metal door knocker, military/naval related photographs, British Armed Forces tokens, Tuck's postcards, silver topped toilet bottle and unmarked silver topped scent bottle, gramophone needles with tin, vintage ladies compacts and a Sheffield pewter pot, viewing required
Lot 241
LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE CHINESE CARVED IVORY DIORAMA the upper circular section with intricate village scene and mountainous background in high relief, supported on a decorative carved urn with articulated lion mask ring handles to the sides, the body decorated with flowers and foliage, raised on a rectangular pierced stand, 23.1cm high
Lot 275
MIXED LOT OF COLLECTABLES comprising a walnut card box modelled as a book, a pack of playing cards, a pack of Mah-Jongg cards, hardwood and brass inlaid jewellery box, carved teak jewellery box, Victorian fob seal, gilt metal cigar cutter, carved Indian ivory figure, a Speak No, See No, Hear No carved ivory group of monkeys, Japanese painted brooch and pair of matching earrings, two ivory bobbins, shaped white plastic embossed box, a pewter hip flask, an embossed brass photograph frame, a post card album and other items
Lot 319D
A circa 1900 Indian carved ivory figure group of an elephant and figures in a howdah, raised on a galleried plinth base with lion's paw feet CONDITION REPORTS The canopy supports on one side have been reglued and there is some chipping. One of the elephant's earrings is off and the loop is broken, the ladder on the side is missing a hoop and there is something broken/missing to the howdah - please see photos. In need of a clean. Has wear and tear and some chipping, dirt etc. Height approx 16.5cm, width approx 6.7cm, length approx 10.5cm
Lot 314
A box containing a 19th Century pierced fan, a plastic fan, a green shagreen covered cigarette case, a green shagreen covered powder compact, a pink shagreen style powder compact and a modern dragonfly decorated address book CONDITION REPORTS Please note that the carved ivory box has been withdrawn from this lot. The ivory fan - the silk ribbon is completely broken, there is some light wear to the painting on each strut. The plastic fan - some areas of discolouration where the thread has been glued into place. Glove stretchers are cracked and stained. The green cigarette case - chagreen covering is coming away from the case especially on one hinged side, there are areas of discolouration. Both compacts have powder still inside them. The pink compact hinge is buckled at one end, although still operational. Dragon fly decorated list is missing several stones. All items have general wear, stains, etc
Lot 211
An 18th Century Sheffield plated baluster shaped lidded tankard, the lid inset with George II coin, a George Jensen silver handled carving knife and fork, another silver handled carving knife and fork, plated soup ladle, pair of simulated ivory handled salad servers, pewter glass bottomed baluster shaped mug, etc
Lot 319
A miniature tortoiseshell and mother of pearl inlaid guitar ornament, an early 20th Century carved ivory figure of three kittens in a basket, a miniature Satsuma pottery vase, a carved pink stone rabbit, a miniature fan and two miniature sets of playing cards, housed in a leather holder CONDITION REPORTS Guitar ornament is missing several areas of tortoiseshell, the ivory pegs are broken, no strings. The miniature Satsuma vase has crazing all over, some red deposits to the inside and rim, possibly wax. The rabbit has various internal flaws and some chips and cracking especially to the underneath. The fan's silk ribbon is disintegrated, paintwork is rubbed. Cards - are dogeared and one is bent, case is cracked. All items have wear and tear, scratches, dirt, etc
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