λ A CHINESE IVORY BITONG 17TH CENTURY Decorated to the exterior with two scholars seated on a...

λ A CHINESE IVORY BITONG

17TH CENTURY

Decorated to the exterior with two scholars seated on a river bank in a rocky mountainous landscape beneath swirling clouds, with two further scholars and an oarsman on a sampan boating down the waters, with pavilions, pine and willow trees dispersed throughout the setting, the reverse incised with an artemisia leaf and an inscription, 12.5cm.