A Chinese bamboo and ivory perfume holder, 17th / 18th century. The cylindrical body carved with figures at leisure in buildings, beneath prunus and beside a bamboo grove, the borders with key fret bands, one end pierced, 20.3cm. (2)
Cf. Selected Ivory carvings from the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust, no. 39, p.71 for another ivory perfume holder..
