A CHINESE IVORY AND BONE MODEL OF A PAGODA
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A CHINESE IVORY AND BONE MODEL OF A PAGODA

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Fermé28 September 2010

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A CHINESE IVORY AND BONE MODEL OF A PAGODA
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The seven tier building ornately carved and pierced rising up from a garden terrace
26 in. (66 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

A comparable pagaoda model dated as circa 1785-92 is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (Rogers Fund, 58.73a). Two ivory pagodas in the 'China' Pavilion at Drottningholm, Sweden, are recorded in an inventory as early as 1744.