Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 4 - 5 April 2022

Asian Art

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ZAR 14 070
Lot 59
  • Two rare religious-subject carved mother-of-pearl shells, Qing Dynasty, circa 1840


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 070

About this Item

Two rare religious-subject carved mother-of-pearl shells, Qing Dynasty, circa 1840

one carved in high relief to the exterior with a Nativity scene enclosed by the twelve Apostles, the other with the Adoration of the Magi above a plaque engraved BETHLEHEM and a pierced panel of flowerheads and scrolling foliage, each set to a velvet surround, with easel back and hanging aperture, minor chips, the larger 19,8 by 19,3cm

*This lot is not suitable for export

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Provenance

Stephan Welz & Co in association with Sotheby's, Cape Town, 11 & 12 October 1999, lot 708.

Property of an Oriental Collector.

Literature

cf David Howard, A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, Sotheby's London, 1997, cat. no. 333, page 242.


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