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Click here to subscribeCARTIER, TANK: A LADY'S SILVER-GILT WRISTWATCH, CIRCA 1990 quartz movement, ivory rectangular dial with Roman numerals and 'secret' signature at X, classic Tank case with sapphire set crown, original (worn) strap with gilt-metal deployment buckle, dial, case and buckle signed, case marked and numbered case 28mm long including lugs
A CHINESE BAMBOO IVORY-MOUNTED OPIUM PIPE, MID-19TH CENTURY the mouth-piece and butt-cap ivory, the paktong mount lacking bowl 54.5cm long Provenance: acquired circa 1858 by Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1824-1901); thence by family descent. See footnote to lot 78 for more information.
A CHINESE IVORY BRISE FAN, PROBABLY CANTON, CIRCA 1780 finely carved and pierced with intials LB in a shield flanked by roundels enclosing pavilions, the cloud ground overlaid with trailing flowers, sticks 25.5cm long, damage; together with another Chinese ivory brisé fan, probably Canton, mid 19th century, finely carved and pierced with a variety of figures and beasts centred by a vacant oval, sticks 19cm long (2)
A CHINESE IVORY BROOCH/PENDANT, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY oval, set with a deeply carved ivory panel of figures dancing before an enthroned figure under a canopy, the gold mount plain except for a corded border, 50mm wide; together with a Chinese ivory set white metal necklace and bracelet, circa 1900, each set with carved graceful female figures between openwork scroll sections, necklace 45cm long; and a pair of Chinese ivory sewing barrels, mid 19th century, carved with bands of oval flowerhead panels between reeded borders, with screw tops and spool holders, 5cm high (5)
A CHINESE IVORY PUZZLE BALL ON STAND, PROBABLY CANTON, LATE 19TH CENTURY the ball pierced and caved with peonies and containing a further fourteen diaper pierced concentric spheres, the stand openwork caved with peonies to the base below a section with goldfish amidst weeds and turned stem interrupted by a puzzle ball knop and a pierced cylinder stand 34cm high, ball 9cm diameter
An Edwardian ivory fan the guards deeply carved with flowers and foliage, the sticks simply engraved and pierced and with silk embroidered cotton gauze leaf, with original tassle, 25.5cms long and together with a smaller Japanese fan with painted leaf (2) ++ivory fan with no damage to sticks or guards
A SUPERB CHINESE CARVED IVORY TUSK, 19TH CENTURY, the panel with a Tang Dynasty poem by Wang Changlin (698-758), the elaborate carving representing scenes from the classical novel the Romance of the Three Kingdoms - specifically from the chapter the Undefended City, some discolouration, raised on a carved and pierced wooden stand. 61cm high on stand, from tip to middle of base 63cm, diameter 8.5cm to 10cm at the widest point Provenance: Hendrik Jans Westers (1873-1941), former Norwegian acting consul to Singapore, thence by descent.
A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO, Meiji period (1868-1912), carved as a farmer sat on a tree stump, a basket tied around his neck and a cup in his hand, signed to a red lacquer reserve, (a/f), 9.5cm high; together with A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO, Meiji period (1868-1912), carved as a figure group, unsigned, (a/f), 6.5cm high. (2)
A CHINESE IVORY FIGURE, late 19th/early 20th Century, carved as a sage holding a dragon-head staff and a ruyi sceptre with black staining, on a hardwood stand. Ivory 31cm Provenance: Formerly the property of Senor Don Roberto Velez Arce, Peruvian Vice-Consul to Hong Kong, appointed 1967; thence by descent.
A CHINESE IVORY CENSER AND COVER, late 19th/early 20th Century, the cover with two shishi, the body with opposing panels carved with figures on a terrace beneath prunus tree branches, raised on paw feet with mask caps. 20cm Provenance: Formerly the property of Senor Don Roberto Velez Arce, Peruvian Vice-Consul to Hong Kong, appointed 1967; thence by descent.
A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO, Meiji period (1868-1911), carved as a wood chopper sitting on a trunk, unsigned, 11cm; together with another JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO, Meiji period (1868-1911), carved with a figure holding a toad and a standing elder, incised and red stained characters, 10.5cm high. (2)
A PAIR OF CHINESE IVORY BRUSH POTS, Canton, 19th Century, each carved front and back with a quatrefoil shaped panel of sages gathered on fenced terraces beneath bamboo, raised on pierced bases carved with foliage. 10.5cm Provenance: Phillips, London, The Sydney Duckitt Collection of Japanese and Chinese Ivory Carvings, Tuesday 6 April 1993, lot 167.
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