Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 31 864
About this Item
A Chinese carved ivory vessel and cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
the pear-shaped body raised on a short foot carved with a key-fret band, the body carved in low relief with kui dragons and taotie masks against a leiwen ground, the sides carved in high relief with dragon flanges, the shoulders carved with dragon masks, each supporting a chain and double-dragon handle, the cover similarly carved with dome-shaped finial flanked by carved flanges, the whole heightened with staining, cabochon-cut coral and turquoise beads, on a conforming stepped hardwood stand inlaid with silver wirework decoration, 50,5cm high including stand
*This lot is not suitable for export
Notes
Purchased 20 January 1981 from P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd, ‘Works of Art’, Peninsula Hotel, Mezzanine Shop ML – 7., West Arcade, Ground Floor, Shop No.8, Kowloon, Hong Kong and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity