Lot 54

PAIR OF HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED 'FINGER-CITRON TREE' MODELS
20TH CENTURY

Auction: 16 March 2022 from 10:00 GMT
£813
Description
二十世紀 百寶佛手盆景(一對)
each with carved soapstone jardinière 'planted' with a finger-citron tree, the branches bear leaves, finger-citron fruits in green and amber soapstone, some in translucent purple coloured quartz
Dimensions
36cm high each
Provenance
Provenance: Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen (1852-1932), and then by descent.
Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen was a British diplomat who held many important international positions in the early 20th century, notably as Ambassador to Spain between 1906 and 1913, and Austria between 1913 and 1914.
