A LARGE PAIR OF IVORY FIGURES OF AN 'EMPEROR' AND 'EMPRESS', LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
A LARGE PAIR OF IVORY FIGURES OF AN 'EMPEROR' AND 'EMPRESS', LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURYEstimate $15,000 – $25,000
- Lot Sold $28,000 (Hammer Price)
- $33,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
each standing in long flowing wide-sleeved robes and carrying a basket of flowers in one hand, a large blossoming bough in the other, the bearded Emperor with a tall headdress and long sash at the back, a young girl at his side holding a flower spray, the Empress with tall chignon held by a phoenix headdress with pendant beads, the hair and incised details picked out in black, incised mark ……Fangcheng on the base
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66CM AND 67.5CM