Lot 465
  • 465

A RETICULATED IVORY BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 HKD
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Description

  • ivory
  • w. 17.3 cm, 6 3/4  in.
the sides divided into eight sections with raised floral bands, reticulated with figural scenes, the cover similarly decorated, all surmounted by a gnarled sprig finial

Catalogue Note

A tiered-box with similar treatment of the ivory in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the museum's exhibition Splendid Treasures, A Hundred Masterpieces of The National Palace Museum on Parade, Taipei, 2011, cat. no. 59.