Lot 213 , A Chinese ivory figural brush rest, 18th century, length 9.7cm

A Chinese ivory figural brush rest, 18th century, finely carved with the seated figure of Shou Lao holding a peach with an attendant boy by his side, flanked by the figure of a deer and two cranes amid pine and rockwork, length 9.7cm
Estimate £400-600

see Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, Oriental Ceramic Society, British Museum Publications 1984, illus. 144 for a similar ivory figural brush rest dated c. 1650-1750.


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Sold for £440