Lot 242
  • 242

A Pair of massive Ivory Figures of an 'Emperor' and 'Empress' First Half 20th Century

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

each with elaborately carved robes and crowns, the 'Emperor' grasping a sword and fingering a string of beads, the 'Empress' bearing a ruyi-scepter and a fan, undersides inscribed Da Qing in stylized seal script, wood stands (4)

Condition

restoration to crowns, ruyi-sceptre, fan-tassel, sword fittings, and cracks at base, vertical age cracks
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