An ivory lid and neck of a large vase. Early 20th century - image-1

Lot 385 Dα

An ivory lid and neck of a large vase. Early 20th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
07.12.2019, 11:00 - Tibet/Nepal, China
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €

An ivory lid and neck of a large vase. Early 20th century

The lid worked in three pieces, above the neck with two cartouches filled with figures in relief and luohans with a dragon and a tiger respectively, surmounted by a lid in shape of a pagoda type pavilion with 18 figures of luohan inside. Cracks.
Height 26.6 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland

Literature

Compare a similar work in.: S. E. Lucas, The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, vol. 2, London/New York 1950. no. 474