A FINE AND RARE BUTTERFLY-SHAPED IVORY TRAY

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

4.000 €

Description:

China, Qianlong period
B. 19,4 cm
From an old European private collection, collected before 1980 - Slight traces of use, small chip to the left wing's rim
The quality of workmanship is comparable to a similar ivory tray in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, Vol.11 Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Horn, Beijing, 1996, fig.99. Compare a similarly-carved ivory tray of this type carved in the form of a 'Buddha's hand citron' with foliage and bats, included in the exhibition Selected Ivory Carvings from the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust, Phillips, London, 1999, Catalogue no. 18.
The trade certificate for the sale of this lot has been granted (permit no. IT/CE/2023/BG/00428)

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