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Auction House:
Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Ivory
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** An exceptional Chinese carved ivory vase and cover, Qianlong mark, Qing dynasty 30 x 14.9 cm ***
*** A very large pair of Chinese ivory covered vases, Qing Dynasty, 19th century ***
*** A Massive pair of carved Chinese ivory tusks, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, each tusks intricately carved and undercut with scenes from a festival, probably for New Year, featuring scenes from a Chinese drama; battle scenes, one with a dragon float, the… ***
*** Seven ivory seals, 20th century, 6.9 cm (5), and 7.8 cm (2), comprising a fitted boxed set of five, and two further seals, each face carved ***
*** A Chinese painted ivory figure of Boddhidharma holding a fly whisk and a shoe, late Ming Dynasty, 16/17th century 16 x 5 cm ***
*** A fine Tokyo ivory school figure of an elderly huntsman, with dog, Meiji period (1868-1912) 48 x 15 x 73 cm ***
*** A Chinese well-carved ivory brush pot, Qing dynasty, 18/19th century, with inscription, 13 cm high, 10 cm wide ***
*** A large Chinese fan-shaped ivory plaque, late 19th century, Qing Dynasty. Exceptionally well carved and undercut with a profusion of exotic flowering plants, including a magnolia tree, chrysanthemums, peony, prunus and narcissus and grasses, fitted box,… ***
*** An exceptional white ivory study of six rats crawling over and inside Daikoku's mallet,signed Masaka, one having gnawed its way into the mallet, the mallet having simulated wood grain, the rats eyes inlaid in dark horn, 6.3 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory box and cover, Meiji period (1868-1912) ***
*** A large and intricately carved Chinese ivory boat group with figures 58 x 11 x 6 cm ***
*** A Chinese large ivory wrist rest, late Qing dynasty, 19-20th century, carved on top in low relief, and deeply carved underneath with a battle theme. 30.8 cm long and 10.3 cm wide ***
*** A fine Chinese carved ivory tusk, probably Qing dynasty carved with massed flowers and birds and dragons with ebony set eyes. Length 72 cm ***
*** A rare pair of Chinese polychrome ivory boxes, Qianlong Period (1736-1795), each one in the form of a double peach, the stem and leaves painted in green, red and brown. 5.5 cm diameter, 10 cm long. Provenance: A private Queensland collection ***
*** A large Chinese ivory carving of an immortal, Qing dynasty, 19th century ***
*** A tiny ivory seal, late Qing dynasty ***
*** A pair of Chinese ivory figures of female immortals, late Qing Dynasty, with phoenix headdress, one holding a lute, the other one holding a floral branch, 34 and 33.5 cm high, fitted wooden bases ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of an immortal, Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century. The bearded figure standing in long robes, holding a fan, a sash tied at the waist. Nice old yellow patina and age cracks ***
*** A large Chinese ivory vessel and cover, mid 20th century, carved with archaistic motifs, loose rings elephant head handles, a Buddhist lion and cub on the cover, 36.5 cm high ***
*** A rare Indian ivory figure from Orissa depicting Narashimha, 15/16th century, seated with meditation. Strap on a round lotus base, a small figure of a goddess on his lap. Height 9.5 cm ***
*** A very large Chinese ivory vessel and cover, mid 20th century, carved with archaistic motifs, loose rings elephant head handles, a Buddhist lion and cub on the cover, 42 cm high ***
*** A large, Japanese shibayama ivory covered vase, Meiji period (1868-1912) ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of a lotus root and flowers, Qing dynasty, 19th century ***
*** A Chinese painted and incised ivory lidded box, Qing dynasty, (1644-1911) ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of a princess, late Qing dynasty, 19th century, 40.5 x 7 cm ***
*** A fine Japanese articulated ivory crayfish, Meiji period (1868-1912) ***
*** A Cantonese lobed ivory box and cover, 19th century, Qing Dynasty. Finely pierced and carved with genre scenes in bands of eight segments. 23 cm high, 16.5 cm. Diameter at mouth (variable) ***
*** An impressive Chinese ivory puzzle ball on figural base, 19th century. 56 cm ***
*** An Indian ivory carving of a caparisoned elephant carrying household tools 19th century 29 x 27x xx 21 cm on floral carved stand ***
*** A very good ivory figure of Budai, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, A tiger at his feet, holding a bat in one hand, his large hat supported on end of his long staff, a four character seal to base, 29.5 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's Melbourne, 17th-18th… ***
*** A Chinese ivory floral display, circa 1900, late Qing dynasty. Finely carved with an arrangement of flowers, featuring chrysanthemums in a lotus form basket. 12 cm high. Provenance: Melbourne private collection ***
*** A large Japanese Buddhist ivory figure Meiji period (1868-1912). Very well carved, seal mark to base ***
*** A box of 23 Japanese ivory okimonos and netsukes, as well as 2 in wood and lacquer, mostly signed, 19th and 20th century (25) ***
*** A Japanese ivory figure of Buddha riding a phoenix, Meiji period (1868-1912) 26 x 8 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory group of Oni and Samurai locked in battle, Meiji period (1868-1912) 16 x 11 cm ***
*** A Kyoto ivory figure of a bijin and child, Meiji period (1868-1912) 33 x 9 cm ***
*** A tall Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball on stand, Qing dynasty, 19th century ***
*** A large ivory figure, Ming Dynasty, 16th century. Well carved in the form of an immortal standing in long robes, very good patination. Fitted wood stand. Height 30.5 cm. Reference. See Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Ching, the Ocs and the British… ***
*** A very large ivory figure of a female immortal, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, standing in long robes wearing a phoenix headdress and carrying a basket of flowers, 51 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's Melbourne, 17th-18th May 2006, lot 317 ***
*** A Chinese ivory figure of Shoulao, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, with a large staff and ruyi sceptre, beside an attendant riding a deer, 31 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese stained ivory carving of Shou Lao, Qing dynasty, 19th century ***
*** A good Japanese ivory figure of a man, Meiji period (1868-1912) 28 x 11 cm ***
*** A finely carved Chinese large ivory group of immortals in a landscape of flowers and cloud scrolls with wooden base. Height 58 cm ***
*** A Chinese ivory figure of a scholar, Ming/Qing dynasty 17/18th century ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of an actor wearing a mask, Meiji period (1868-1912), wearing formal robes and holding a fan, red inlaid seal to base, 17 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese ivory plaque, early 20th century, carved and undercut with a provincial genre scene, fitted hardwood stand, 11.5 cm high, 39 cm long. Provenance: Sotheby's Melbourne, 17th-18th May 2006, lot 315 ***
*** A Japanese carved ivory figure group of a woodcutter and his wife, Meiji period (1868-1912) 25 x 15 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory figure of an elderly man, Meiji period (1868-1912) 21.5 x 8.5 x 8 cm ***
*** A heavily potted Dehua figure, late Ming, depicting Guanyin seated on a large sculpted rockwork base, a child on her knee playing with a braid of her hair, the glaze ivory-white, 31.5 cm ***
*** A large pair of Chinese ivory wrist rests, late Qing dynasty,19th to early 20th century, one carved with a scene of figures in a mountainous retreat, the other with figures under a large tree beside rocks alongside a stream and a figure in a boat, fitted… ***
*** A Japanese lacquer erotic ivory panel. 26 x 20 cm ***
*** A pale celadon-jade toggle, early Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th century, pierced and well worked with monkeys in pine branches, 4.2 cm high, fitted stand. Provenance: From a private Melbourne collection purchased in Hong Kong in the 1960's ***
*** A Japanese tanto with ivory handle and scabbard, steel blade, Meiji period (1868-1912) 33.5 x 4.5 cm ***
*** A Japanese polychrome ivory figure of a goddess, 19th century, the painted and gilt figure finely carved, standing in long robes, signature and red seal. 24.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ivory mountain carving, Qing dynasty, 18th century 22 x 10 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory figure of a man with children, Meiji period (1868-1912) ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono figure of a wood gatherer, Meiji period (1868-1912), carrying a bundle of finely carved twigs and holding smoking implements in his hands, signed in a red lacquer tablet, 20 cm high ***
*** Three Chinese ivory figures, early 20th century, including Shou Lao, another immortal and a lady with a basket, each one on a wood base. 23 cm, 23.5 cm and 26.5 cm high ***
*** Chinese carved ivory figure group statue of scholars on carved timber stand, 19th century. Ivory 17 cm ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of Shou Lao holding a peach and a staff, late Qing dynasty 27 x 7 cm ***
*** A box of 10 Japanese wood and ivory netsukes, 19th/ 20th century (10) ***
*** Chinese carved ivory statue, early 20th century. 25 cm ***
*** A small Chinese ivory vessel and cover, mid 20th century, carved with archaistic motifs, loose rings elephant head handles, a Buddhist lion on the cover, 21 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ivory figure of Shoulao, late Qing Dynasty, holding a half eaten peach and looking curiously at a bat on his shoulder, a crane biting into a ruyi hanging from his arm, 23 cm high ***
*** Chinese carved ivory figure of a woman on carved wooden stand, late 19th century. Ivory height 30.5 cm ***
*** A tall Chinese carved ivory figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 19th century ***
*** A Japanese ivory figure of a man and child, Meiji period (1868-1912) 26 x 10.6 x 8.8 cm ***
*** A good Chinese ivory standing figure late Ching Dynasty, of a female immortal, finely detailed with carved fitted wood stand ***
*** A large Chinese carved ivory figure, first half of the 20th century, 50 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ivory figure of a venerable man, late Qing dynasty/Republic, early 20th century, holding a goose, possibly the calligrapher Wang Shizhi; wooden base, old box. 23.5 cm high ***
*** A Japanese ivory tobacco case, late 19th century, finely carved and under cut with sages in a bamboo grove, inscribed and sealed to base, 9.5 x 7 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory group of a fisherman and a boy, Meiji period (1868-1912) ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of Gama Sennin, Meiji period (1868-1912), standing on a rock, with one hand holding a small toad, a large toad climbing on the top of his head, painted with red and gold lacquer, signed, 18.5 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Ken… ***
*** A pair of Chinese carved ivory wrist rests, late Ching dynasty, on carved wooden stands, each wrist rest 22 cm high ***
*** Chinese pair of carved ivory figures of musicians, late 19th early 20th century. Ivory height approximately 20 cm each ***
*** A Chinese carved ivory vase, Meiji period (1868-1912) 24.5 x 8 x 6.5 cm ***
*** A small Nepalese ivory stele of Bhairava or Mahakala, 16-17th C, with six arms and one wrathful face, standing on a lotus base, perspex stand, 8 cm ***
*** A Japanese sectional ivory model of a phoenix headed boat with figures on deck Taisho period, early 20th century 36 x 35 cm wave carved wood stand overall. Height 40.5 cm ***
*** Three Japanese ivory okimono, 19th-20th century, Including an old immortal, a bijin and a Maitreya, each one signed to the base, one fitted box, 19 cm high (tallest) ***
*** A Japanese ivory figure of an old fisherman, Meiji period (1868-1912), signed to the base, 19 cm high ***
*** A fine Japanese framed panel, Meiji period, 1868-1912, depicting a fisherman wearing an apron, seated beside his basket and feeding a hairy-tailed tortoise and young, inlaid in mother of pearl and ivory, with lacquered highlights, his eyes inlaid, inlaid… ***
*** A pair of Japanese stained ivory shibayama figures, Taisho period, 1913-1926, each one signed on a red lacquer tablet 12.5 cm high (2) ***
*** A Chinese ivory group, 18th/19th century, Qing Dynasty, with an immortal flanked by a tiger and a dragon, in a rocky outcrop, well-carved fitted hardwood base 16 cm high (21 cm with stand) ***
*** A carved Canton ivory card case depicting Napoleon's tomb on Saint Helena, 19th century. 10.5 cm high, 7 cm wide, 2 cm deep ***
*** A pair of Chinese ivory tusks, carved with dragons, fitted and carved wooden stand, early 20th century, 29 cm and 28.5 cm long ***
*** A Chinese carved ivory figure of a bearded sage with mythical animals, Qing dynasty, 19th century 18.4 x 10 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory handle, late 19th century, carved with four rats on a branch, the eyes inlaid in horn, two characters signature ' Min zen', 15.7 cm together with a Japanese ivory okimono of a street vendor, 12 cm high ***
*** A box of 10 Japanese netsukes, 20th century, including 7 horn bill ivory masks, and 3 ivory netsukes (10) ***
*** A Chinese carved ivory figure group on wooden stand, early to mid 20th century. Ivory 22.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese ivory doctor's model on a carved and inlaid wood couch, 20th century, 46 cm wide ***
*** A Chinese ivory incense holder, late 19th-early 20th century, 21 cm long. Provenance: A private Queensland collection ***
*** A Japanese inlaid hardwood panel, Meiji period (1868-1912), decorated with three figures around a large sake barrel, each stained wooden figure wearing a long robe inlaid in ivory and mother of pearl and richly decorated in gold lacquer, 58.5 cm long and… ***
*** A Japanese ivory carving of a thatched cottage, Meiji period (18 - 1912), signed, 14 cm wide, PROCENANCE Christie's Australia, 26 October 2004, Lot 193 ***
*** A Chinese ivory figure of Xiwangmu, 20th century, Prc. Standing in a flowing robe, holding a basket of flowers. Wooden base. 18.8 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of a lady with a fish, Qing dynasty, 19th century ***
*** An unusual Chinese carved ivory figure of a bearded sage with animals, Qing dynasty, 19th century 22 x 11 cm ***