A CHINESE CORAL CARVING OF A LADY 19TH CENTURY The slender figure stands dressed in long robes...

A CHINESE CORAL CARVING OF A LADY

19TH CENTURY

The slender figure stands dressed in long robes finely incised with key fret, she holds large flowering blooms in one hand, her hair piled high and set in place with three small blossoms, all attached to a wood stand, the underside of the stand with a collection label for no.65 and a paper catalogue description for lot 25 beneath an inscription reading 'Sotheby 23 July 1963', 16.8cm.

Provenance: from the Fryers Collection of Chinese Art, collection no. 65.