Asian Art
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022
Asian Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 588
About this Item
A Chinese Canton ivory card case, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century
rectangular, finely carved with figures at various pursuits before pavilions and flowering gardens, the front carved with an oval vacant cartouche, some losses, signed with a painted black character mark, 9,5cm high; another, the front finely carved in relief with figures and dwellings at various pursuits amongst blossoming trees and an oval cartouche, the reverse similarly carved, 8,4cm high; another, 19th century, the front and reverse carved with figures sitting in a balustraded garden surrounded by blossoming trees, with further figures amongst pavilions at various pursuits, minor age cracks to cover, 8,4cm high; and another, rectangular, the front deeply carved in relief with flowers and foliage against a key-fret ground, the reverse with a cartouche engraved with initials enclosed by figures at various pursuits before balustraded bridges and pavilions, minor restorations,11,4cm high
*This lot is not suitable for export
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Provenance
Property of an Oriental Collector.