A RARE CANTONESE IVORY BOX WITH COVER, EARLY 19th CENTURY Ivory, wooden inset with marble paper coating China, first half of the 19th century This Canton school ivory box is unusual because of its figural gourd and flower shaped knob and the leiwen feet. The four walls of the base part all show neatly carved figures in landscapes whilst the lid is adorned with high relief carvings of precious vessels, books, scrolls and gourds, butterflies and flowers. Shape: rectangular shape Dimensions: 16 cm length, 9 cm height Weight: 329 gramsCondition: Good condition with minor age hairlines and tiny chips to two base corners, the walls of the base part and the feet have been reattached, the wooden inset shows a bottom crack Provenance: Austrian private collection Auction results comparison: For another Cantonese ivory box with a figural knob and feet, larger in size, see Christie’s, A Private English Collection of White Jade Carvings & Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Export Art, London, 4 November 2008, lot 256. 十九世紀早期罕見廣州象牙蓋盒象牙，木質鑲嵌，内裏大理石紋紙加層 中國，十九世紀上半葉造型：方形尺寸：長16 厘米，高 9 厘米 重量：329 克品相：良好，些微年代造成的小裂縫，底部有兩處磕碰，修復過的痕跡，鑲嵌木底部有裂縫 來源： 奧地利私人收藏