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WEDNESDAY, 26 MARCH 2003 SALE 1211 AT 10:00 AM PRECISELY (LOTS 1-144) IVORY AND RHINOCEROS HORN CARVINGS PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF R. HATFIELD ELLSWORTH

**AN IVORY OBLONG PLAQUE

EARLY MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

细节

**AN IVORY OBLONG PLAQUE
Early Ming dynasty, 15th century
Of tapering rectangular form, carved in low relief on one side with a continuous lotus scroll bearing four large blossoms and terminating with a trefoil at the narrow end, all within a narrow border and pierced with two circular apertures incorporated into the design, the reverse plain, some red pigment remaining
7 3/8in. (18.7cm.), box

来源

Alfred Bahr Collection.

注意事项

Notice Regarding the Sale of Material from Endangered Species. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country

拍品专文

This plaque may have been used as a clapper for accompanying music, such as described in Chapter 27 of the 16th century novel Jinpingmei. The scrolling lotus design is similar to contemporaneous textiles, lacquer and ceramics, reinforcing an early Ming date. A very similar ivory clapper, formerly in the collection of Michel Duchange, Paris, is discussed and illustrated in the catalogue of the O.C.S. exhibition, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, British Museum, 1984, p. 175, no. 235, and was later sold in these rooms, The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from the Sze Yuan Tang, 21 September 1995, lot 148.