A late 19th Century Cantonese carved ivory figural puzzle ball chess set, the Kings and Queens modelled as Chinese royalty the bishops as courtiers and knights as mounted horses, the rooks as elephants holding a pennant flag and pawns as small mounted horses, all standing on intricate pierced balls, one side in natural ivory the other in stained cochineal red, each figure mounted on a three tier concentric stand under a glass dome on ball feet, height 32cm (32)

An early 20th Century Japanese carved ivory and bronze figure of a standing female farm worker holding a scyth

Lot 584
Sold for £820 hammer

Estimate £800-£1,200

A late 19th Century carved ivory figure of a farmer pouring rice into a basket, a boy by his side holding a la

Lot 594
Sold for £1,050 hammer

Estimate £800-£1,200

A late 19th Century carved ivory figure of a Fisherman, holding aloft a large crab, a boy at his feet with the

Lot 595
Sold for £1,000 hammer

Estimate £800-£1,200