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Paar taoistische Elfenbeinfiguren
Höhe: 79 bzw. 72,5 cm.
Gewicht: 6,1 bzw. 5,6 kg.
China, um 1900.
Catalogue price € 9.000 - 12.000
Catalogue price€ 9.000 - 12.000
$ 9,720 - 12,960
£ 8,100 - 10,800
元 70,380 - 93,840
₽ 895,410 - 1,193,880
Beigegeben Begutachtung durch Hans Martin Schmitz, Köln, vom 20. Januar 2015, mit Altersbestätigung.
Groß und betont überschlank, entsprechend dem Elfenbeinzahn leicht gebogt, äußerst fein geschnitzt. Bärtige Männerfigur mit Perlenkette und Schwert, die weibliche Figur mit kunstvoll verknüpfter Kordel und hochgesteckter Frisur. Jeweils aus einem Stück afrikanischem Elfenbeinzahn geschnitzt. Sockel separat gefertigt, ebenfalls aus Elfenbein. Die ornamentalen Vertiefungen mit schwarzer Tusche eingefärbt, an der Rückseite altersbedingte gelbliche Färbung.
Literatur:
Vergleichsbeispiele finden sich in: Sydney Edward Lucas, The catalogue of Sassoon Chinese ivories, London 1950, Band I, Nr. 1-97. (11821512) (11)
Export restrictions outside the EU.
This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.
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