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Click here to subscribeA rare pair of large Chinese Canton carved ivory urn-shaped vases, 19th century. Deeply carved with warriors in a landscape amidst flowers, foliage and pagodas, the necks, shoulders and feet carved with continuous flower scrolls, the handles carved as scrolling foliage, with one handle damaged, other small faults, 28.5cm. (2)
A good Chinese ivory carved figure, 17th century. Probably of Wen Chang, the God of literature, standing holding his belt and wearing long flowing robes, his hat and sleeves with dark stain, 15.3cm, and a modern wood stand. (2) Cf. Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, pp.98 & 99 for related examples.
A Chinese bamboo and ivory perfume holder, 17th/18th century. The cylindrical body carved with figures at leisure in buildings, beneath prunus and beside a bamboo grove, the borders with key fret bands, one end pierced, 20.3cm. (2) Cf. Selected Ivory Carvings from the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust, no. 39, p.71 for another ivory perfume holder.
Five Japanese ivory carvings, most 19th century. One of a cow and calf, another of small figures in a boat, another of a monkey, one of a pumpkin containing small figures in a landscape, and one of deer and figures beneath a flowering tree, four signed, 5.5cm max. (5) Provenance: an English private collection.
Four Japanese ivory carvings, 19th century. One of a figure wrestling with a beast whose tail becomes a snake, another of a seated figure, a third of three seated figures on a red lacquered dish, the fourth of a man standing holding a whisk, three signed, 6.5cm. (4) Provenance: an English private collection.
A massive Japanese ivory temple, 19th century. The exterior deeply carved with panels of figures, including Buddha beneath a pine tree, the reverse with numerous immortals and animals, the octagonal top carved with lotus, dragons and further figures, the central section with doors opening to reveal a standing Boddhisattva with four attendants before a large incense burner, all raised on a elaborately carved wood stand, damages and losses, 82cm including the stand. (2) Paper label inscribed Kuhn & Komor.
A large Royal Worcester tea cup and saucer of gilt rimmed blush ground with polychrome floral sprays, another smaller Royal Worcester cup and saucer of gilt heightened ivory ground similarly decorated, a Royal Worcester coffee cup and saucer of gilt rimmed white ground with delicate gilt filigree and beaded borders, a Royal Crown Derby Imari decorated coffee cup and saucer and 2 other coffee cups and saucers by Coalport and Doulton, Burslem
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