Ivory carving
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
1880 - 1939
Materials
Ivory
Measurements
185 mm (H)51 mm (D)
Place of origin
Japan
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651206
Summary
Figurine. Ivory carving. Prophet with scroll, seated on tiger on rock. Beneath, man holding fruit on dragon issuing from rock.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.