LATE QING DYNASTY
With Guandi accompanied by two of his generals and two attendants, each carrying halberds and dressed in chain mail with elaborate mask pendants, 26cm. (5)
Provenance: formerly the collection of Professor R C Cookson (1922-2008), purchased from Louis Joseph, London, 12th April 1958 for £270.
Cf. Phillips International Auctioneers and valuers, Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivory Trust, 9th-20th November 1999, no.32 for a comparable example.