A FINE AND RARE BAT-SHAPED IVORY TRAY

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

4.000 €

Description:

China, Qianlong period
B. 18,3 cm
From an old European private collection, collected before 1980 - Minor rest. best., somewhat rubbed
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 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 EU sales permit for this lot is available (certificate no. IT/CE/2023/BG/00424).

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