Lot 96
  • 96

A carved ivory wristrest Qing dynasty, 19th Century

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

the curved interior deeply carved with the Eighteen Luohans cavorting on clouds and engaged in discussion amidst terraced garden pavilions, the reverse carved in low relief with a sage and young acolyte crossing a bridge beneath a willow tree, wood stand; together with a small ivory cylindrical brushpot carved with two shaped panels enclosing figures and pavilions against the plain sides, wood stand (4)

Catalogue Note

Compare a closely related ivory wristrest, also carved on the underside with the Eighteen Luohans, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, no. 151, p. 138.