Two Chinese Carved Ivory Figures

Both of attractive honey hued tusks; the taller carved in the form of a scholar with fly whisk and scholar's rock; the smaller carved figure depicting Shou Xing with peach and staff.

8 3/8 in. and 7 in.

From the Estate of Captain Benjamin Soule Gantz and Ethyle Offutt Gantz, Shanghai, China and Washington, D.C.

Purchased in Shanghai in the 1920s.

Shou Xing with large chip to back and lacking plug to head; the other figure with chip to robe.

$300 - 500