Magnificient May Auction

Chinese ivory carving of a landscape issuing from a clam, late Qing dynasty, well carved and undercut with an imaginary vista with minute figures trav

Chinese ivory carving of a fisherman, the tall slender elderly figure holding up his catch of three fish in his right hand, the left hand holding a ro

Chinese carved ivory scepter, the shaft with two registers carved with a writhing dragon on a cloud scroll ground scattered with an array of birds, se

Chinese fossilized figural ivory group of the Eight Daoist Immortals (baxian), the contoured segment carved and undercut with an imaginary scene issui

Chinese ivory and hardwood insect cage, late Qing/Republic period, of hexagonal design, with each section and the single door composed of four thin iv

Pair of Chinese ivory figures representing the Qianlong emperor and his consort Xiangfei, Republic period, the majestic emperor strokes his beard with

Japanese ivory 'monkey' ball, first half of the 20th century, the entire circular surface well carved and undercut as a large gibbon clutchi...

Chinese ivory figural group, carved with a scholar holding a scroll in hand and clutching a gnarled staff suspending another scroll, accompanied by a

Chinese carved ivory container, the cylindrical body with four meandering dragons writhing amid dense cloud scrolls bounded within lotus petal bands,

Chinese ivory figural carving, Cultural Revolution era, depicting a young girl playing with a drum-like instrument, the facial details and distinctive

Japanese ivory figural carving (okimono), Meiji period, portraying the mythlogical hero Yamato Takeru receiving the famous sword Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Ts

(lot of 2) Japanese contemporary ivory netsuke, mid-20th century, well carved and undercut as two frolicking rabbits, each with inlaid red eyes, unsig

Pair of Chinese ivory birds, each sculpted as a crested long tail bird perched on a gnarled branch accented by flowering prunus (hairline cracks), ivo

Japanese ivory figural netsuke, Taisho/Early Showa period, carved and incised as a hunter attempting to cut the tail of a boar while riding on the bac

Japanese ivory figural carving (okimono), Meiji/Taisho period, depicting a samurai warrior battling a ribbon-tied floral ball, the details heightened

Japanese ivory figural carving (okimono), Meiji/Taisho period, well carved as a Japanese youth seated on the back of a recumbent deer and attempting t

(Lot of 2) Japanese ivory figural netsuke, the first realistically carved as a group of five frolicking rats, each with inlaid eyes and incised detail

Japanese stag antler cane handle, Meiji period, delightfully carved as rocky outcropping surmounted by a humorous karashishi (Chinese lion) with a bus

Chinese tinted ivory carving of a sage, late Qing/early Republic period, fashioned with sincere cheerful face accented by a full beard and a coiffure

(Lot of 3) Chinese miscellaneous ivory items, late Qing/Republic period, consisting of two shoe horns, one carved with a beauty holding a pomegranate