A pair of finely carved ivory table screens with sceneries evidently from the popular novel Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Pavillion). On the back sides a pair of Tang poems in semi-cursive calligraphy. Still with remains of original colors. The frames rendered in openwork lattice. One screen made of three parts (frame panels). Qing, 18th cent. H 20 cm, W 11 cm. Condition: Minor crack to bottom of one screen, otherwise very good.
A small, fine ivory carving of a young lady dressed in traditional style and holding a flower . A slightly melancholic expression on her face. On the bottom the maker signature: Qiu Zhi. H. 11,5 cm. Qing, 19th cent. Condition: good.
A small, but very attractive and charming cricket cage made of delicately carved ivory imitating a chicken coop of woven rattan. Top and bottom can be screwed off. China, Qing, 18th cent. H 4.2 cm, D 3 cm. Condition: Fine, but w. minor drying hairline crack to side of cage and bottom w. star crack. No parts missing or broken off.
Small ivory snuff bottle or medicine bottle with coral stopper. Finely hollowed. H. 4,2 cm. Most likely from the middle of the 19th cent. Condition: marks from wear and old age cracks and spoon broken off.
A well-carved ivory figurine of a Daoist sage holding a lotus flower. Fitted base of hardwood. Late Qing, early Republic, 1910=1920. H 20.5 cm. Condition: Very good.
A small, thinly carved tray of ivory in the shape of a gourd. Decorated with two chicks fighting over a worm in low relief. Late Qing, around 1900. L. 20 cm, W. 7 cm. Condition: Very good, but for a thin, invisible crack behind the flower stem.
A fine, round ivory seal-paste box, decorated on the lid with a scholar and his attendant in a landscape. Signed “ WU YI”. Late Qing Dynasty. D. 4 cm. Good condition, one short hair-line on the side of the lid.
A very large carving of standing Immortal holding a branch of chrysanthemum flowers on one hand, and a scroll on the other hand. H. 62 cm. ( weight: 2,95 kg.). Late Qing- early 20th c. Condition: Good, but a few small chips at one of the flower petals.
