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17TH/18TH CENTURY
细节
A RARE AND FINELY CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A SAINT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Possibly Saint John the Baptist, shown sleeping with his right hand beneath his head and atop a pillow, dressed in long robes tied loosely at the chest, his left hand atop a small recumbent lamb nestling at his side, his face finely carved with serene expression beneath the gilded whorls of hair
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) long
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Possibly Saint John the Baptist, shown sleeping with his right hand beneath his head and atop a pillow, dressed in long robes tied loosely at the chest, his left hand atop a small recumbent lamb nestling at his side, his face finely carved with serene expression beneath the gilded whorls of hair
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) long
来源
Acquired in Washington, D.C., ca. 1972.
展览
Collector's Choice, Pacific Asia Museum, California, May-November 1979.
A Matter of Taste: Selected Chinese Art from California Collections, The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, 29 March - 31 May 1986, no. 56.
A Matter of Taste: Selected Chinese Art from California Collections, The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, 29 March - 31 May 1986, no. 56.
注意事项
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