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Click here to subscribeA Late Tudor Carved Oak Boarded Chest with rare tusk tenon base. The plank lid having run moulding to the front and back with chip carved ends and iron strap handles. The front board gouge carved with floral & foliate motifs in two gadrooned arches centred by a quatrefoil beneath the iron hasp & lock plate, 18 ins (46 cms) high, 39 ins (99 cms) wide, 15 ins (38 cms) deep.
A pair of Japanese ivory tusk boxes and covers, Meiji period, each carved in low relief and picked out in colours with lion and tiger heads, one also with monkeys, the covers with lion or tiger finials, 10cm.high; also a Chinese ivory cylindrical box and cover, the cover carved with a dragon.4cm.high. Illustrated
AN EDWARD VII SILVER MOUNTED IVORY PAGE TURNER 44.5cm l, by Saunders & Shepherd Ltd, Birmingham 1906 ++A good example with slight wear, blade with surface scratches and slight roughness at the end, the tusk handle with some slight age yellowing on one side, the marks a little rubbed but readable
A LARGE JAPANESE 'SHIBAYAMA' WORK IVORY AND SILVER VASE AND COVER, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) the tusk inlaid with a falcon tied to a wood and lacquer perch amidst a variety of blossoms, the reverse with a falcon perching on a flowering prunus looking at birds flying past, with signature panel, silver filigree scrolling neck mount, the cover with cast silver quail finial, on a silver base of spumy waves 56cm high
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 pair of late 19th/early 20th century Chinese carved ivory tusk sections Each worked in the round with figures in traditional pursuits, both standing on carved and pierced hardwood stands. 36 cm high. (2) CONDITION REPORTS: Both generally in good condition, expected wear, shrinkage cracks, some slight staining, one with loss and old repair to base, some slight staining.
Two Royal Worcester blush ivory plates, both printed painted with floral sprays, diameter 9ins, together with a Royal Worcester leaf moulded plate decorated with floral and fern in shot silk colours, another plate decorated in shot silt colours, shape number 1416, a Royal Worcester blush ivory tusk jug, with antler handle and decorated with flowers by Edward Raby, shape number 1116, height 7ins and a Royal Worcester barrel moulded jug, height 2.5ins, most pieces af
A BHUTA BOAR-HEAD MASK Karnataka, Southern India, 18th-19th century with large lozenge shaped eyes, wearing elaborate beaded trappings 28cm long approx.; 22cm high Provenance Private collection, London These masks are worn during rituals involved with the worship of spirits which take various forms, including boars. The bhuta (spirit) is invoked in order to help and entertain villagers. For an example in the Dallas Museum of Art, see https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/asian/boar-bhuta-mask Condition: Some old damage and losses, in particular area above right eye, and snout, left tusk missing
*Woolly Mammoth & Extinct Elephant. A fine group of 3 sub-fossils, comprising a rare woolly mammoth tusk from a juvenile, Siberia Permafrost, 40,000 years old, preserved and stable condition, 29 cm long, a Woolly Mammoth tooth, juvenile, Dogger Bank, North Sea, Great Britain, 9 cm long, plus a straight-tusked elephant, rare Distal end of Tibia Bone Fragment, 'Palaeoloxodon Antiquus', Lower Pleistocene, Cromer Forest Bed, Overstrand, Norfolk, England, 13 cm long (3)
Two 19th/20th century carved Chinese half section ivory tusk ornaments, each with deep carved decoration depicting figures in garden settings amidst trees 20.5cm & 18cm; a similar flat carved panel 31cm (3) Condition Report Small crack to reverse side of smaller tusk. Natural intermittent crack lines on the panel, otherwise very good condition
A 19th Century Chinese carved ivory tusk brush pot or vase ornately decorated with figures amongst buildings and trees, raised on an openwork circular foot, 13.25 cm high x 9 cm diameter CONDITION REPORTS Yellowing to the ivory, some general wear, dirt and scuffs and some bluish marks to top rim, some sticky deposits where some sellotape has previously been stuck to side, and some sticky deposits to underside, but generally appears to be OK.
A FINE QUALITY SIGNED JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD SHIBAYAMA & IVORY TUSK VASE, together with a large elaborately carved fitted wood stand, the inlaid and silver-metal fitted ivory itself weighing 1.22Kg, the tusk inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell and carved wood, to one side with a cockerel and hen before a blossoming tree, the reverse side with riverside foliage, one side with an engraved signature on an onlaid mother-of-pearl rectangular reserve, 20.5in high overall on stand, the tusk itself 10.1in high.
A FINE QUALITY 19TH CENTURY CHINESE IVORY TUSK VASE, together with a fixed carved and pierced hardwood stand, the sides carved in high relief with a continuous detailed scene of warriors, foot soldiers, attendants and officials, on a terrace and amidst trees, clouds and rockwork, the top rim with a dragon and cloud scroll border, 11.5in overall, the ivory itself 9.3in high.
A PAIR OF GOOD QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY TUSK VASES, together with a fitted wood stands, the ivory itself weighing 1.61Kg in total, each curving tusk well carved in high relief with villagers engaged in various pursuits, many of the details engraved and stained, 11.4in high overall on stands, the ivory tusks themselves 10.4in high.
A LARGE PAIR OF FINE QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY TUSK VASES, each mounted on a fixed carved and pierced hardwood stand, the sides of the tusks carved in fine detailed relief with scenes of villagers at work, each tusk with a seal mark to its foot, 19.4in high overall, the ivory tusks themselves 10.5in high.
A Victorian malacca walking stick with ivory handle and silver scroll decorated mounts engraved "TGC" , Birmingham 1896, length 79cm, and an ebonised example with boar tusk handle (2). CONDITION REPORT: The ivory handle has multiple and sever chips to both ends. Also some minor damages to silver mounts.
A 19th century Chinese carved ivory tusk vase depicting a continuous architectural landscape with figures, raised on oval foliate scroll carved base, height 10.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: The base has traces of glue, also minor splits around the inside of the rim and inside of the upper part of the base.
PAIR OF LATE NINETEENTH/EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY CHINESE PIERCED IVORY TUSK VASES, typical form, intricately worked with figures, dwellings and leafy foliage on pierced diaper grounds, 9" (22.9cm) high, and the wooden stands (4) (one vase with splits to the top and both vases with minor losses to the pierced diaper grounds)
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