A PAIR OF JAPANESE CARVED IVORY TUSK SECTIONS WITH LACQUERED WOODSTANDS
19TH CENTURY
One carved with rakkan and their attendants variously holding vajras, fans, a scroll and a vase, beside demons under a gnarled pine framed by cloud scrolls, the other section carved with rakkan, attendants and boys congregating under a pine and looking up towards a monk raising a flower vase, all between cloud scrolls; each with a red and black lacquer stand carved with birds amidst flowers and floral honeycomb and lappet bands
The ivory, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (2)
A PAIR OF JAPANESE CARVED IVORY TUSK SECTIONS WITH LACQUERED WOODSTANDS
19TH CENTURY
One carved with rakkan and their attendants variously holding vajras, fans, a scroll and a vase, beside demons under a gnarled pine framed by cloud scrolls, the other section carved with rakkan, attendants and boys congregating under a pine and looking up towards a monk raising a flower vase, all between cloud scrolls; each with a red and black lacquer stand carved with birds amidst flowers and floral honeycomb and lappet bands
The ivory, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (2)
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