The Expert Conclusion

Sculpture with the image of two heavenly maidens and the aged man, on a support, China, XX century, ivory, carving, ink: a tree, a carving. Height without a support 210 mm, basis of stand 120 mm ? 50 mm

The product represents the beautiful sculpture executed from an ivory in the technician of a volume through and relief carving. Before us is the fantastic image of two flying inhabitants of heaven who as though are going down in flight or dance on clouds from heavens to the heroic character – to the aged man-eremite who types in a bucket a scoop water from a source which water, likely, grants longevity. The aged man sits about a rock. Ladies are dressed in beautiful long skirts, long jackets with the wide lowered sleeves, belted, on shoulders long fluttering scarfs are thrown, the clothes lie soft folds. On ladies jewelry – a beads, earrings are put on, high hair dresses are decorated with flowers and hairpins with birds.
At a rock the bush of a blossoming treelike peony and a tree of blossoming plum is grows. Symbolically similar product means a wish of happy marriage, riches and longevity.
The carving is executed volumes, movement, a plastic arts of maidens dancing in air, soft fluttering folds of clothes and scarfs are masterful, skillfully transferred. The carving is added by the black ink underlining hair and the persons of characters.
Similar products with a great number of bent lines and volume details became prominent feature of a carving on an ivory of masters of Beijing when in 1950-th years began to revive traditional crafts in the Peoples Republic of China. The Beijing’s masters were famous for a volume carving and softness of lines in a carving, careful processing of a surface of a carved ivory, complexity of compositions.

Expert of Russian Ministry of Culture.
Marya L.Menshikova
The Certificate ? 0174

Item is in good condition