λ A PAIR OF CHINESE IVORY TABLE SCREENS QING DYNASTY Each carved in shallow relief with a scene...

λ A PAIR OF CHINESE IVORY TABLE SCREENS

QING DYNASTY

Each carved in shallow relief with a scene of houses amidst trees in a rocky mountainous landscape, all within openwork floral borders, the reverse of each incised with an inscription, the stands surmounted by lion dogs and carved in openwork with floral and foliate designs, with the feet formed as dragon-carps, 26.5cm. (4)

Cf. R Kerr, P Allen and S Ching-Fei, Chinese Ivory Carvings: The Sir Victor Sassoon Collection, pp.201-202, nos.X723 and X728 for two related screens dated to 17th and 18th centuries.