λ FIVE CHINESE IVORY FIGURES OF WARRIORS

LATE QING DYNASTY

With Guandi accompanied by two of his generals and two attendants, each carrying halberds and dressed in chain mail with elaborate mask pendants, 26cm. (5)

Provenance: formerly the collection of Professor R C Cookson (1922-2008), purchased from Louis Joseph, London, 12th April 1958 for £270.

Cf. Phillips International Auctioneers and valuers, Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivory Trust, 9th-20th November 1999, no.32 for a comparable example.